{"id":598,"date":"2026-10-27T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/quality-improvement-team\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:12:26","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\" id=\"quality-improvement-standards-team-for-care-homes-primary-care-settings\">Quality Improvement &amp; Standards Team for Care Homes &amp; <br>Primary Care Settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-74db4665\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9-1024x724.png\" alt=\"people climbing a hill in a house icon with a pdsa circle encompassing them all\" class=\"wp-image-9209\" style=\"border-width:6px;border-radius:21px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9-1520x1075.png 1520w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/Headers-and-images-for-webpages-9.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-598_efeafb-24 .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-598_efeafb-24 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-598_efeafb-24\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons 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. <br><br>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 quarterly <a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/#chitchat\">CHIT CHAT newsletter<\/a> which is emailed to all Care Homes in Lothian.<\/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>Audrey Pringle, Team Lead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hazel Stewart, Associate Quality Improvement Advisor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eleanor Laird, Associate Quality Improvement Advisor <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quality Improvement &amp; 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