
Winter Newsletter
Shaping Change are pleased to share with you the release of our most recent newsletter The Check Up.

September Newsletter
Since our last newsletter, many of our improvement and innovation projects have advanced and are showing signs of success.

New outpatient management pathways at save estimated £1.3m
Shaping Change at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB) is currently undertaking a 100-working day sprint challenge, Empowering Outpatients, to increase the number of outpatients placed onto See-on-Symptoms (SOS) and Patient-Initiated Follow-up (PIFU) pathways.

CanSense and IQ Endoscopes move forward to Phase Two of Endoscopy Challenge
Wales-based companies CanSense and IQ Endoscopes have progressed to Phase Two of the Endoscopy Challenge, which aims to accelerate the delivery of endoscopy procedures and reduce waiting times for patients.

End of life board game provides an innovative solution to palliative care training at Cardiff and Vale UHB
Bedrace is an educational board game that encourages staff to discuss and explore palliative and end of life care.

Shaping Change Innovation Team help launch virtual reality education lab at UHW for Cardiff University Students
A new virtual reality lab has been installed at University Hospital Wales to enhance learning for health and social care students at Cardiff University. Shaping Change Innovation Team at Cardiff and Vale UHB have enabled and supported project delivery by sourcing £85K from Welsh Government.

Innovation Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting (IMDT) reintroduced by Innovation Team
Our innovation team are focused on achieving innovative solutions for our health and care services within Cardiff and Vale UHB with the IMDT.

Why do we need inclusion in innovation?
Zoe Hilton, Innovation Program Manager at Shaping Change, Cardiff and Vale UHB outlines why great ideas and innovations can come from anyone and should be for everyone.