ABCi Pit Stop Tour
David Thomas Assistant Director, ABCi Next week, on Thursday the 16 th of January , our first ABCi “Pit Stop” will take place in the canteen at the Royal Gwent Hospital (more info here ). I’m excited about it, and here’s why… If you’re reading this, it’s a reasonable bet you’ll already have at least some awareness of what ABCi is. Chances are you will have come across us through some form of quality improvement (QI) training, or by being involved in some improvement work we’ve supported, or maybe both. A lot of what we do – one of the three central pillars of our work – is focussed on building capability in ABUHB. Capability consist in knowledge, skills and an environment supportive of teams improving services for their patients. Training and supporting improvement work would typically be thought of as ways of building this. But, as Joy Furnival points out in this excellent blog , the evidence around building capability is, at best, moot....