Silver: Quality Improvement in Action
The Silver course consists of two half days (face to face), followed by three online modules, with the aim of developing improvement teams and working through the initial stages of their improvement initiatives.
To be accepted onto a Silver programme, you need to identify a project sponsor who will be a senior member of staff within your area. You must be coming with a problem that requires a quality improvement approach, and have baseline data to back this up. Please read this document for clarification on whether your project would fit into the structure of the QI programme.
Do you already have a solution to your problem? Quality Improvement is different to Service Improvement; bringing a solution to the workshops could limit your opportunities to consider other changes which may work better than the original hypothesised solution - your QI project is an opportunity to test various ideas before finding the right solution!
In summary:
- two half days on the prescribed dates
- three online modules - Patient Experience, Measurement, Progress Update
- Graduation - qualifying as an Improvement Practitioner
Additional time will also be required for you to work on your improvement outside of these sessions; this time commitment will vary depending on the scope of your improvement initiative. If you are applying for the Silver course as a project team working on the same improvement initiative, you need to be able to attend the workshops together.
Please note that the Bronze: Introduction to QI course is a mandatory prerequisite to the Silver course; if you have not yet attended the Bronze training please book on here
Silver Quality Improvement in Action: core training
Silver Quality Improvement in Action: Core Training
Please note attendance at both dates is required and project teams must attend together. Once you have submitted your request, a facilitator will contact you to arrange a pre-meeting before the course starts, to discuss your project further.
| Cohort | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| s2501 *FULLY BOOKED* |
Workshop 1 - Wednesday 15/01/25 Workshop 2 - Monday 27/01/25 |
9.00 - 13.00 9.00 - 13.00 |
Both workshops to be held at Redwood Education Centre, GRH. |
| s2502 *FULLY BOOKED* |
Workshop 1 - Tuesday 04/02/25 Workshop 2 - Tuesday 25/02/25 |
9.00 - 13.00 9.00 - 13.00 |
workshop 1 - Redwood GRH workshop 2 - Sandford CGH |
| s2503 |
Workshop 1 - Thursday 06/03/25 Workshop 2 - Tuesday 18/03/25 |
9.00 - 13.00 9.00 - 13.00 |
Both workshops to be held at Sandford Education Centre, CGH. |
| s2504 |
Workshop 1 - Wednesday 09/04/25 Workshop 2 - Wednesday 30/04/25 |
9.00 - 13.00 9.00 - 13.00 |
workshop 1 - Redwood GRH workshop 2 - Sandford CGH |
Do you have baseline data ready to proceed on to the programme? If so please click the link below to request a space. If you do not yet have baseline data, please first get in touch at ghn-tr.gsqia@nhs.net for advice.
Silver Quality Improvement in Action: Graduation
In order to become an Improvement Practitioner, you will need to present the results of your improvement work at a Graduation and Awards ceremony. Details of previous graduations can be found here.
The next Graduation will be held on Monday 10th February 2025 from 09:00 - 12:30 at Redwood Education Centre, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. This is now fully booked and we are unable to accept any more projects to present on this date.
To book on to our next Graduation event on the morning of Tuesday 6th May at Sandford Education Centre, please email ghn-tr.gsqia@nhs.net to let us know you are ready to graduate and we will be in touch with further details.