TSJCI Annual Report 2021

Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute Annual Report 2021 33 Section 8.0 Quality The Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute (TSJCI) quality framework is dedicated to providing high quality, safe, compassionate care to patients, with an emphasis on continuously improving the experience for the patient and their support network. This is enabled through a culture of quality, professionalism and the passion of the staff working in TSJCI to deliver evidence based patient- centered care. This day to day activity of TSJCI is underpinned and guided by healthcare standards, quality indicators and policy based on standards developed by the Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI), Safer Better Healthcare (HIQA, 2012), The National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) and the National Cancer Strategy (2017-2026) (gov.ie ) 8.1 Key Developments during 2021 • 2021 saw the retirement of Peig Carroll from the role as Quality Coordinator for TSJCI and the appointment of Catherine Buckley later in the year. • The Quality Improvement plan had many priorities actioned and closed out. • The annual report for 2020 was issued and distributed, engagement with the St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network commenced on a more formal basis. • NCIS system went live in December 2021. • Potential members for the External Advisory Board were chosen and formal invitations sent to them inviting them to join the group. • The TSJCI Patient representative group became more embedded into the TSJCI structure and the have become very engaged in the everyday working of the Cancer Institute. 8.2 Key Priorities for 2022 The priority is to develop a Quality strategy: • To standardise patient pathways, the multidisciplinary team meetings and patient outcome measures. • To conduct an OECI self-inspection and further develop the Quality Improvement plan to include any deficiencies or areas of concern. • To empower service users to become active partners on their healthcare journey. • To begin and progress the development of a quality management system for TSJCI.