Quality Improvement Programme for Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team Meetings

Concepts

• cancer multi-disciplinary team
• cancer alliance network
• leeds
• health services
• quality improvement programme
• month quality improvement project
• cancer multi-disciplinary team meetings
• quality improvement methods
• improvement
• use of mdt improvement tools

Location

Description

Delivery of an 18-24 month quality improvement project for Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings across the East of England (EoE) Cancer Alliance Network by developing evidence-base and locally driven resources to support the most judicious and effective decision-making for patients with cancer. The project should be delivered across the following phases: Phase 1 Training course in MDT effectiveness and improvement The objective of phase 1 is to deliver training to EoE Specialty MDT members in the use of validated assessment tools and quality improvement methods in order to develop a culture of continuous quality improvements including: a. Delivery of the training course for up to 150 participants (up to 50 MDTs; up to 3 members per MDT), incl. 6x 1 day sessions; b. Development and production of training handbook for each participant. Phase 2 Evaluation of MDT effectiveness program Phase 2 should be a mixed-method quality improvement initiative. The objective is to facilitate quality improvement initiatives, and assessments to measure the improvement. Data collection (incl. assessments, re-assessments, and outcomes) during this period will be conducted by the local MDT members who will have undergone training in the use of the tools as part of the phase 1 of this project and will include: a. Follow-up support in the use of MDT improvement tools; b. Tailored feedback to MDTs based on baseline assessment of MDT functionality which is when the MDTs will agree on the changes they will be implementing going forward; for those MDTs who agree to be filmed, feedback will be provided using video-based reflective learning; c. Support in post-feedback re-assessment using the MDT improvement tools; and d. Post-training evaluation to demonstrate effectiveness of the training. During this phase a sub-sample of MDT members should be interviewed to explore their perspective on MDT functioning with focus on effective teamwork, unintended consequences and acceptability and feasibility of the team audit. Phase 3 Development of legacy resources for sustained MDT effectiveness The objective of phase 3 is to develop resources based on the work conducted in phase 2 and in collaboration with key stakeholders. Activities will include: a. Production of unique handbook for MDTs across the EoE Cancer Alliance; b. Development of additional training materials based on local requirements; c. Delivery of a regional symposium for MDTs for exchange of knowledge/experiences with local improvements; d. Exploration of partnership with industry partners to optimise funding for ongoing quality improvement work and potentially digitalise the existing MDT assessment tools. To express interest in this opportunity please follow this link health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

CPV Codes

• 85100000 - Health services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.