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They demonstrated that they had made real changes purely for the benefit of patients , using real patient experiences to drive this forward .
This is done by acting on the discussion of critically appraised topics allowing clinicians to better understand the real experiences of real patients , improving overall patient satisfaction . For more information visit www . keele . ac . uk / ebp /
Awards 2016
Best Practice Day
A round 60 local physiotherapists , nurses , allied health professionals and researchers attended Keele on 18th November for a Best Practice Day event run by Consultant Physiotherapist Kay Stevenson . The aim of the day was to share good examples of health care and real life healthcare improvement .
The PPIE team were on hand to talk about the RUG and Carol presented to the group the story of the JIGSAW project as an example of best practice patient involvement . A series of presentations from professionals highlighted examples of best practice in their chosen fields and discussions took place around these . For the first time this year , attendees had the chance to submit an entry into the Best Practice Day Awards before the big day , which were then judged by PPIE team member Laura Campbell .
Categories included innovative practice , exceptional leadership , service redesign , implementation of research and recognition of contribution . The overall winners were the Extended Scope Physiotherapists ( pictured ) who are based at the Haywood Hospital . Laura chose them to win because of their drive to improve services for patients by creating a culture of evaluation and service improvement at the hospital .
Inspirational patient stories in
Rheumatology
B ack in November , professionals from
The British Society for Rheumatology ( BHPR ) attended a meeting at the Research Institute for Primary Care Sciences at Keele .
Two patients who suffer with Rheumatoid Arthritis were invited to attend the meeting and speak to the professionals about their diagnosis and living with the condition . One of these patients was an existing RUG member , the other joined us from a brand new support group launched at the Haywood Hospital , which was created by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society ( NRAS ) in March . She has since joined the centre ’ s RUG and has taken part in her first research advisory group meeting , talking about inflammatory arthritic conditions . To find out more about NRAS groups visit : www . nras . org . uk / groups or call 01628 823 524 and ask for Kim or Gill .
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