With less than 1 month to go before the next open 'Accelerated Lean Skills Programme'! Combining expert training with hands-on exercises in an exciting and lively environment, the ALSP delivers real knowledge and real improvement in your organisation.
 
Participants are invited from the NHS, Private Healthcare and other public organisations and the programme covers 3 days of training and a short project afterwards. The dates of the next programme are 24th-26th Feb 2009 and the programme will be held in Oxford.

Following its launch last year and its Innovation Award, Leanpad goes from strength to strength with a number of healthcare organisations and consultancies already actively using this excellent and simple piece of software.
 
Used to convert basic and increasingly inflexible 'brown paper' process maps, current states and future states into easy to amend, add to and communicate electronic formats, Leanpad is a leading edge in the Lean Armoury.
 

The Amnis Newsletter is a free information service that offers hints, tips and downloads to help you get the most out of your service improvement and Lean programmes.
 
To download a pdf version of January 09 edition click here http://www.downloads.amnis.uk.com/AmnisJan09.pdf

Amnis were introduced to Circadian by our partners at DNV during 2008 because of the close association between the effective management of people and the effective management of process that are Amnis's trademark.
 
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with Circadian (http://www.circadian.com/) who specialise in organisational work patterns to both improve productivity and safety.
 
More details will follow in the near future.

Following a programme of development undertaken in collaboration with Hammersmith & Fulham PCT during 2008 Amnis and the PCT have agreed to run three 'open' Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes during 2009.
 
The Accelerated Lean Skills Programme is approved by the Institute of Healthcare Management for CPD recognition and successful completion requires participants to undertake and write up a short project.
 

Amnis are delighted to announce their new partnership with Terema (www.terema.co.uk) who specialise in human factors training across both healthcare and aviation.
 
Working closely with clinical teams, and in particular theatre teams, Terema have a strong track record in helping teams to overcome barriers and improve performance.
 

Tuesday 17 March 2009
Understanding and applying lean successfully

Amnis's Mark Eaton will be presenting at the Advanced Commissioning Course run by the Improvement Foundation to over 170 delegates on the 21st January on the benefits and pitfalls of Lean in Primary Care and across the health economy.
 
With experience of working with over 20 PCTs, Amnis are able to bring to life both the highs and the lows of Lean in relation to a wide range of topics relevant to commissioners, including World Class Commissioning, APOs and building in quality and patient experience into the commissioning cycle.
 

Amnis's Jim Byers will be presenting at the Lean & Six Sigma Conference on the 21st January 09 in London at 14.40. Jim will be presenting on the step-by-step guide to running Rapid Improvement Events.

Amnis have been asked by the Institute of Operations Management to establish a Healthcare Forum focused on supporting public/private healthcare, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers.
At this stage, we expect it to go live in November of this year and are seeking content (including relevant papers, details of events and other information) which can be used to populate the site.
If you have material that you would like to submit for consideration, please email it to Ruth Bodman at ruthbodman@amnis.uk.com.