Local Service Improvement Leads (LSIL) Group
The LSILs role was established in January 2007 to facilitate service improvement within Cheshire & Mersey Critical Care Units. The role is undertaken by a senior nurse of the local critical care team for 1 day per week (7.5 hours) – this role is supported and overseen by CMCCN Lead Nurse.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
- Developing best practice
- Improving communication
- Improving team working
- Auditing practice against National, Network and Locally agreed standards
- Benchmarking unit performance against peer group
- Improving reporting of clinical incidents and sharing of lessons learnt
- Implementing National, Network and Locally agreed standards and quality indicators
The LSILs role has a direct impact on the equity of care provision across Cheshire & Mersey. Projects managed by the LSILs are successful because of their local engagement with all multi professional disciplines and their expertise in benchmarking, auditing and initiating change that is both measurable and sustained in practice.
LSILs record project development plans for all their activity and submit them for annually review to the CMCCN team. These include National and Network driven initiatives as well as Local objectives. Common themes can be shared between the LSILs during their regular meetings. Collaborative relationships across the group allow for the sharing of successful implementation and change management strategies. Any cross-cutting work streams are undertaken in conjunction with the relevant CMCCN task group. Since the role was established, there have been 1328 individual LSILS led service improvement projects undertaken in CMCCN units which have not only benefitted the care delivered to patients and relatives within critical care but also critical care staff health and wellbeing, 85 SILS lead QI projects have been facilitated in 2023/24.
The CMCCN LSILS are as detailed below:
- Aintree University Hospital: Rebecca McEneany
- Royal Liverpool Hospital: Amanda Griffiths
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital: Jane McMullen
- Whiston Hospital: Rebecca Barrow
- Warrington Hospital: Heather Harvey
- Walton Centre: Helen Beddows
- Arrowe Park Hospital: Cathy Jones
- Southport Hospital: Tanya Holden
- Countess of Chester: Anna Paul
- Leighton Hospital: Jan Windsor
Meeting Dates
The group meets 4-5 times a year – all are face to face
Group Chair – Karen Wilson Lead Nurse CMCCN
Resources
Examples of SILS Quality Improvement Projects: to follow soon