Regional Structure

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Renal Regional Lead

  • Dr Smeeta Sinha, Consultant, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

Organisations

  • Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Central Manchester University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Manchester Royal Infirmary
  • Lancashire University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
  • Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
  • Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Renal Unit Quality Improvement (QI) Leads

Each unit one medical and one multidisciplinary QI lead. They are the ones who will lead on the project at their unit. They usually meet monthly, with a wider local working group to support implementation of their chosen project  in their  units

ROLES:

  • Collect data, on the defined objectives of the chose projects and any regionally agreed data
  • Implement any educational  and awareness materials at the set time points in the project
  • Actively participate in discussions through attendance at KQuIP regional activities, webinars / calls. This will include 7 regional study days and 2 monthly network webinars / calls.

There are:

12 KQuIP Medical QI Leads

3 KQuIP Surgical QI Leads

12 KQuIP Multi-Disciplinary QI Leads.