Centre for Sustainable Delivery
Hosted by NHS Golden Jubilee and commissioned by the Scottish Government, the national Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) is a national unit designed to sustainably improve and transform Scotland’s health care system through innovation, collaboration and clinical leadership.
Building on the signifcant progress and developments which have already been achieved through redesign and transformation, CfSD also supports the rapid rollout of new techniques, innovations and clinically safe, fast and effcient pathways for Scotland’s patients.
Work to Date
- Lead on the programme of work which resulted in Desfurane, a highly volatile and damaging anaesthetic gas, being removed from the NHS Scotland supply chain. This is a world frst in aiming to reduce the impact of hospital theatres on the environment, and part of the National Green Theatres Programme.
- Launched the NHS Scotland Lung Cancer Diagnostic Pathway to help ensure patients receive faster access to the treatment they need, when they need it. These redesigned services set clear timeframes to ensure that most patients receive their diagnosis by day 21, with the majority undergoing treatment by day 42.
- Played a key role in the establishment of Scotland's first Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services.
- Published ‘Improving the Delivery of Cataract Surgery in Scotland 'Blueprint for Success’ to support Boards to deliver high quality, high volume, specialist care on a sustainable basis.
- Pushing forward the ground breaking Colon Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) service, a technology where patients obtain scope results by simply swallowing a small pill that takes 50,000 pictures of the bowel as it passes through the digestive system, helping to identify early signs of cancer.
- Developed and rolled out the Accelerated National Innovation Adoption (ANIA) pathway, to speed up the development, assessment and effective rollout of proven technological solutions into Scotland’s healthcare frontline.
- Leading the development of a national approach to increasing access to Diabetes Closed Loop Systems for people with Type 1 Diabetes. In a Closed Loop System, an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor use technology to ‘talk’ to each other and adjust insulin dosing to help control blood glucose levels.
- Working in partnership with the Dermatology Artifcial Intelligence Consortium on the design of a new national digital dermatology (skin) pathway. The capture and inclusion of triage quality images as part of a primary care referral process would allow consultants to determine is a face-to-face appointment is required.
Follow CfSD online and across social media:
Website link: NHSCfSD.co.uk
X / Twitter link: @NHSScotCfSD
LinkedIn link: Linkedin.com/company/centre-for-sustainable-delivery
Youtube link: @NHSScotAcademy
