About this toolkit

Centre for Sustainable Delivery Modernising Patient Pathways shared email address: cfsdmppp@nhs.scot 

Stephanie McNairney. National Improvement Advisor. stephanie.mcnairney@nhs.scot

Claire Rush. National Improvement advisor. claire.rush3@nhs.scot

Content has been checked for accessibility in line with the relevant RDS standard operating procedure.

The Centre for Sustainable Delivery (CfSD) will oversee the toolkit, specifically the General Surgery Specialty Delivery Group (SDG), facilitated by the relevant National Improvement Advisor on its behalf.

The SDG have responsibility for ensuring that all content is in line with current best practice and clinical guidance.

The National Improvement Advisor and the PMO at CfSD are responsible for facilitating review and ensuring that content is up to date.

Any amendments are required to be approved by the SDG. The SDG are also responsible for keeping up to date with changes in guidance or best practice and instigating review and amendments if required, between review periods.

The content was developed by clinical leads from various territorial Boards and reviewed and approved by the SDG. From there, the content was submitted to the CfSD Sign Off Group for senior national review and approval, prior to publication.

All content has been checked for copyright compliance.

Icons are sourced from Flaticon.com, accessed through the licence held by Tactuum Ltd as software provider of the RDS platform.

Each new pathway has a Pathway Development Group established. This group is responsible for pathway development, including a literature review of evidence/research/published guidance.

The group is comprised of usually multi-disciplinary clinicians from across the country, who have expertise in the topic. Their professional knowledge and experience is also taken into account.

Feedback should be submitted through the feedback link in the RDS website/app.

All content has been approved by the following governance groups to ensure its accuracy and to mitigate any risks to patient safety:

• Pathway Development Groups
• General Surgery Specialty Delivery Group (SDG)
• Primary Care Secondary Care Interface Group
• CfSD Pathway Sign Off Group

This toolkit has been assessed as low risk, it is not classified as a medical device and does not store person identifiable data. Regardless, the team keeps a hazard log to identify any new risks which may emerge as the toolkit is made live and is updated.

User testing has been conducted to assure usability, navigation, readability, and appropriate formatting.