{"id":598,"date":"2026-03-06T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/quality-improvement-team\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:32:38","slug":"quality-improvement-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/quality-improvement-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Improvement and Standards Team for Care Homes &amp; Primary Care Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-5eb3a553\">\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ec26157f\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group caringbox2 has-background\" style=\"background-color:#954B6A\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\">Quality Improvement &amp; Standards Team for Care Homes &amp; <br>Primary Care Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div 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is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:loth.carehomesqistandards@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk\">Email the Team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/quality-improvement-team\/quality-improvement-information\/\">Quality improvement information, Care Home Examples, FORUm (QIF) &amp; Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-light-accent-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Our aim is to support Care Homes and Primary Care Settings with Quality Improvement Projects. These may be generated by National Workstreams, Local Policy and Guidance, Best practice or Care Home specific projects.\u00a0<br><br>We also produce the <a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/#chitchat\">CHIT CHAT newsletter<\/a> and host <a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/quality-improvement-team\/quality-improvement-information\/#qif\">QIF a quarterly quality improvement forum<\/a> (on pause at the present time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Please contact us on the <a href=\"mailto:loth.carehomesqistandards@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">email address provided<\/a>, if you would like to discuss our team supporting you with an improvement project or test of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"true\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-5981\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">The Team<\/h2><div id=\"ac-5981\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background\">\n<li>Maggie Byers-Smith, Lead Nurse <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audrey Pringle, Team Lead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samantha Galbraith, Associate Quality Improvement Adviser (AQIA) for East Lothian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jennifer Newman AQIA for Edinburgh City<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hazel Stewart AQIA for Mid-Lothian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eleanor Laird AQIA for West Lothian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quality Improvement &amp; Standards Team for Care Homes &amp; Primary Care Settings Our aim is to support Care Homes and Primary Care Settings with Quality Improvement Projects. 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