08 March 2022
The National Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Quality Improvement (QI) Collaborative is an exciting new BSR-funded programme, aiming to improve the quality of care for children and young people with new-onset JIA living across the UK.
Working with selected paediatric and adolescent rheumatology centres, we'll use an improvement collaborative model to come together in lively peer-learning events across 18 months to share ideas, learn QI methodology and work towards improving patient care. Based on co-production with children, young people and their families, we'll establish a joint improvement aim and collect data to measure success.
We'll support clinical leads Dr Flora McErlane and Dr Gavin Cleary in running the programme, with technical support coming from , Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust’s improvement team.
on the structure and aims of the collaborative at Annual Conference on Tuesday 26 April 13:25-14:55.
Steering group membership
We're looking for passionate and enthusiastic individuals to join the steering group for the National JIA QI Collaborative. This is a fantastic opportunity to drive improvements in care for patients with JIA.
The successful candidates will be:
A BSR member (or willing to join)
A clinical professional working in paediatric and adolescent rheumatology, an individual with lived experience of JIA (patient or parent/carer) or someone working in the rheumatology field more widely (third sector)
Familiar with QI methodology or has a keen interest in improving quality of care
Able to commit to the full lifespan of the project
If you would like any further information, or would like to express an interest in becoming a steering group member, go to our page below to find out more.