The QI Guy in conversation with...Lesley Anne Smith

The QI Guy in Conversation with...

Welcome to the QI Guy in conversation with...podcast. On this episode I have a conversation with Dr Lesley Anne Smith. Lesley Anne is a Health Foundation/Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Quality Improvement Fellow 2010-11, is a doctor and chartered accountant. She has held several senior roles in the NHS including Head of Quality, NHS Highland and Quality Improvement Programme Director, NHS Education for Scotland. In her most recent role as the NHS Lanarkshire Director of Quality Lesley Anne was responsible for leading the development and implementation of the Lanarkshire Quality Approach ensuring a connected infrastructure is in place that supports NHS Lanarkshire to deliver on its ambition of putting quality at the heart of the organisation. This included providing direct advice and support to the NHS Board and the Corporate Management Team on quality management, including specifically quality assurance, quality improvement and quality evidence, including knowledge services. She led on the development of the NHS Lanarkshire Quality Strategy 2018-23 and supporting Quality Plans to ensure delivery of the organisation’s quality priorities. During her fellowship year at IHI Lesley Anne explored ways in which organisations can improve quality while at the same time saving money, with a focus on leadership for whole system improvement. She is currently a Trustee of the Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairment at Craighalbert. Learn more about the Essentials of Safe Care from the Scottish Patient Safety Programme by visiting: https://ihub.scot/improvement-programmes/scottish-patient-safety-programme-spsp/essentials-of-safe-care/ Creative approaches to problems solving tool kit: https://q.health.org.uk/resource/creative-approaches-to-problem-solving/ Check out the Twitter @TheQI_Guy