Timely Access to Safe Care
The Timely Access to Safe Care (TASC) programme was developed in
response to a mandate issued by the HSCQI Leadership Alliance in
November 2021 to use a QI approach to reducing waiting times.
TASC was designed as a 2-Stage programme and was launched in Nov 2022.
- TASC Stage 1 (November 2022–May 2023) was focused on identifying and assessing the potential of 21 Trust-based QI projects within 6 workstreams for system-wide scale and spread.
- Following a 3-step assessment process, using recognised tools and input from a panel of objective assessors, three project areas/workstreams were selected to progress to TASC Stage 2 (September 2023-May 2024) on the basis of their readiness for scale and spread at that time.
- TASC Stage 2 (September 2023–May 2024) is focused on system-wide co-innovation and adoption of projects selected during TASC Stage 1. There are 21 project teams in TASC Stage 2 (3 TASC 1 innovator teams and 18 co-innovator teams) within 3 workstreams.
TASC Timeline
TASC Stage 1 Aim
By the end of June 2023, the HSCQI Timely Access to Safe Care programme will have tested a number of improvement projects that seek to improve timely access to safe care and are suitable for regional scale and spread at pace in stage 2.
TASC Stage 2 Aim
By the end of June 2024, the Mental Health, Outpatients and Social Care Workstreams will: Have improved timely access to safe care for service users and carers at a project team level by testing, adopting/adapting and scaling and spreading TASC 1 innovator and TASC 2 co-Innovator change ideas.
TASC Sharing the Learning event – 25 June 2024
On 25 June 2024, a TASC Scale & Spread Sharing the Learning event took place that brought together all 21 project teams from TASC Year 2, across the three workstreams.
To view a copy of the booklet produced for the event which summarises the journey of each of the 21 project teams who have undertaken improvement work throughout Year 2 of the TASC scale and spread programme, click here TASC Event Booklet PDF FINAL Compressed
HSCQI Publications
Timely Access To Safe Care one page summary – April 2024
