Flow Coaching Academy shortlisted for the 2021 Patient Safety Awards

Flow Coaching Academy is delighted to announce that two projects from across its network have been shortlisted at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards, recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare.

Flow Coaching Academy talk Dying Matters with their End of Life Big Rooms

As part of Dying Matters week, our Internal Communications Officer Emma Perkins spoke to coaches from across the FCA network coaching End of Life Big Rooms.

Flow Coaching Academy training restarts in Lancashire and South Cumbria

Improvement capability to be built in 32 coaches

Flow Coaching Academy unveils new digital offer

Faculty members from across the Flow Coaching Academy’s network joined at a virtual curriculum day to discuss the latest programme developments that will transform the way its improvement training is delivered nationwide.

Frailty Virtual Ward Big Room Progress at STH

Flow Coaches Tom and Kevin talk about how the FCA methodology is supporting their progress and get a sense of the story so far.

Frailty Virtual Wards from an Acute & Community care perspective

Welcome to the latest update on Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH), Frailty Virtual Ward Big Room. We are 5 months on from our last article in which we explored the Big Room Coaches’ perspective, roadblocks and key learnings.

Giving and receiving feedback effectively

Feedback – whether you are the giver of receiver – can frequently be seen as something to fear or be anxious about. However, the process is important to help you and your team develop, build good relationships, and improve.

Head & Neck Cancer Big Room – Continuously improving patient experience

In this article, we talk to Katie and get a Coaches perspective on how the Flow Coaching Academy’s (FCA’s) methodology has made a difference to the way patients experience care in the Head and Neck Cancer pathway across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw ICS in partnership with Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

Highly anticipated Autumn training cohorts begin

Flow Coaching Academy (FCA) welcomes 70 new Flow Coaches for their training in Lancashire & South Cumbria, Northumbria, and Sheffield

How could you and your team run meetings more effectively?

Use our ‘effective meeting skills’ to ensure you and your team effectively run meetings and are productive.

Identifying what needs to change to create new behaviours in your team

Using the COM-B model to develop new habits to allow improvements

Improvement capability training begins in Sheffield

The Flow Coaching Academy (FCA) welcomed coaches from Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, to its 2021 training programme this week.

Improving communication: The Ladder of Inference

The ladder of inference is a useful tool to help check assumptions made by ourselves and others. This powerful frame helps you to improve your communication.

Increasing theatre productivity using Flow Coaching

Tom Downes gives an informative talk about how Flow Coaching Academy (FCA) is increasing theatre productivity across the UK

Inspiring nurses to tackle patient flow challenges

A panel of experts discussed how nurses can work to tackle flow challenges and make improvements to the way patients experience care.

International Women’s Day – Women in Improvement

Today the Flow Coaching Academy team are celebrating International Women’s Day so our Internal Communications Officer Emma wanted to share a blog about some of the influential women who have helped develop our thinking about how improvements can be made….