Generic Implementation Support Resources

Each local area is encouraged to use a structured process for implementing SIGN guidelines. The main steps include:

• Clinical Effectiveness and Clinical Governance Staff are made aware of upcoming guidelines and key content
• Local areas set up a distribution list to receive the new guideline when it is published
• A local multidisciplinary team is set up to plan for the dissemination, awareness raising, implementation and evaluation of the new guideline
• This implementation team audits whether key recommendations are already being implemented, and if not, plans, prioritises and works towards closing this gap
• Where possible, links should be made to managed clinical networks, national projects and patient safety or quality improvement work.

Useful Resources:

• The SIGN Logic Model
• SIGN implementation support presentation
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland website
• Improving NHS Scotland website hosts a range of quality improvement resources to support putting evidence into practice
• The Scottish Patient Safety Programme
• Joanna Briggs Institute website hosts a wide range of resources that can be adapted for local use to support guideline implementation

More information:

Ali El-Ghorr
Implementation Adviser
Tel: 0131 623 4607
Email: ali.elghorr@nhs.net

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network,
Elliott House, 8-10 Hillside Crescent,
Edinburgh EH7 5EA
Web contact duncan.service@nhs.net
Last modified 27/02/12
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