As part of the QI Collaborative (QIC) which took place at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust from Autumn 2022 to Spring 2023, the Canterbury Community Nursing Team identified that a lot of time was being spent driving to GP surgeries and the local hospital to drop off blood samples. This created stress within the team with finding parking, having to wait in queues to drop off, or having to walk through the hospital to get to the pathology department and then getting back in time for team handover.
This project aimed to reduce the time this was taking from 24 hours a month, to just one hour a month.
