Executive Summary Continued
Priority Area 5: Innovation & Quality Improvement
Dr Ray Hollings Surgical Excellence Award: In May 2023, the SERT Institute hosted the second Dr Ray Hollings Surgical Award in partnership with the RNSH Gastroenterology Department Dr Harry Cumberland Travelling Scholarship Award. Each year, over 80 surgeons and distinguished guests attended. In 2023, three recipients received the Dr Ray Hollings Surgical Excellence Award, aimed at supporting high impact surgical innovation and quality improvement initiatives. The awards were held again in February 2025,and in this year there were two recipients.
Priority Area 6: Data & Audit
Supporting surgical specialties with no data resources: During 2023-24, the DASO Unit supported multiple departments with no dedicated data support by creating customised databases for clinical audits and M&M meetings. For example; the new Colorectal database now allows semi-automated data uploads from SurgiNet and eliminates the need for registrars and fellows to manually enter basic demographic and surgical data. A similar streamlined process was implemented for the Orthopaedic and the Hands department's database, The Hands database was also expanded to include Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and the ability to track follow-up clinic attendance and PROMs compliance.
Microsoft Power BI has also been introduced to multiple departments over the past 12months to enhance reporting and further integrate with NSLHD new technologies.
The DASO Unit Data Request Portal was significantly upgraded in 2024 to enable both internal and external stakeholders to submit data requests in addition to tracking additional and out-of-scope requests. The volume of requests received annually remained consistent, with 61 out-of-scope requests received in 2024. Governance processes for releasing and sharing information within and outside of NSLHD are in development ( in consultation with the Performance Unit) and all surgical historical datasets stored in excel spreadsheets have been reviewed and transitioned to new bespoke and more secure databases designed by the DASO Unit.
Progress on each Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is documented and indicated using the colour coding tabs below.
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