Cheshire & Merseyside
PDU Newsletter Issue No. 2
Practice Development Unit
Philosophy
Quality patient care underwritten by
evidence-based practice and
delivered by a dedicated multiprofessional team.
Sharon McGowan – SSP Lead
Shirley Styers – Admin Lead
Maureen Sayer – Health Improvement Lead
The strategic responsibilities of the Steering
Group are:

To ensure multi-professional and
collaborative input at all times

To ensure ongoing development as
per the PDU Action Plan

To ensure the PDU Action Plan details
aims, objectives, milestones, and staff
responsible and include strategies for
staff development linked to the
achievement of goals
2008
The operational responsibilities of the
Steering Group are:
Introduction
In collaboration with Edge Hill University the
Cheshire & Merseyside Bowel Cancer
Screening Programme (BCSP) continues to
work towards accreditation as a Practice
Development Unit (PDU).
PDU embraces an “innovative approach to
patient care which recognises the importance
of an effective multi-disciplinary team and
places high value on research based practice”
(Edge Hill, 2000).
Cheshire & Merseyside Team
As the programme’s clinical activity continues
to grow, so too does the staffing
establishment. Administrator Debbie Tootle
and specialist screening practitioner Nina
Regnard are welcome additions to the team.
PDU Steering Group
A PDU Steering Group has been established
with a primary aim of achieving PDU
accreditation through the development and
delivery of a PDU Action Plan. The group met
on 1st August 2008 where members were
confirmed as:
Dr Richard Sturgess – Chair
Marie Coughlin – PDU Facilitator
Professor Tony Morris – Academic Lead
Lynn Tobin – Nurse Lead

To outline as part of the PDU Action
Plan any changes and progress
reports

To provide solutions to problems
encountered by the ‘Practice
Development Unit’

To ensure the Programme’s further
developments through the Action Plan

To provide effective two-way
communication between itself and the
PDU Core Group
PDU Core Group
In addition to the Steering Group a PDU Core
Group has been established. The aim of the
Core Group is to take direction from the
Steering Group through the planning and
realisation of projects linked to the PDU
Action Plan. The Core Group takes
membership from the initial Cheshire &
Merseyside team:
Marie Coughlin – Chair
Lynn Tobin – Lead Nurse
Maureen Sayer – Health Improvement
Practitioner
Sharon McGowan - SSP
Brenda Morton – SSP
Barbara Elliot – SSP
PDU Newsletter/September 2008
Julie Pieczarka – SSP
Joanne Everall – SSP
Nina Regnard – SSP
Christine Rhall – SSP
Pat Cahill – SSP
Debbie Tootle – Administrator
Sue Gilhooley – Administrator
Shirley Styers - Administrator
Deborah Parr – Administrator
The strategic responsibilities of the Core
Group are:

To ensure multi-professional and
collaborative input at all levels

To ensure the Programme’s ongoing
development as per the Action Plan

To meet regularly to maintain currency

To oversee the work of small
collaborative multi-professional groups
(one per standard) in order to achieve
the set criteria
The operational responsibilities of the Core
Group are:

To outline as part of the Action Plan
any changes and progress reports

To provide solutions to problems
encountered by the ‘Practice
Development Unit’


To ensure the Programme’s further
planned developments through the
Action Plan
To provide two-way communication
between itself and the PDU Steering
Group

Audits and the identification of a rolling
programme

Article submissions

Journal Clubs

Development of a virtual PDU
resource room
Contact
If you require further information or would like
to become involved in the PDU process
please contact, Marie Coughlin
Programme Manager/PDU Facilitator
Tel: 07958519310
Email: marie.coughlin@aintree.nhs.uk
Further Information on BCSP
www.bcsp.nhs.uk
www.cancerscreening.co.uk
www.mccn.nhs.uk
Forthcoming Events
9th Sept
Dr Richard Sturgess/Marie Coughlin
18th Sept NWSHA Admin Induction Day
(National Pilot)
Prof Tony Morris/Marie Coughlin
3rd Oct
C&M BCSP Team Building
Dr Richard Sturgess/Marie Coughlin
22nd Oct
PDU Open Day
Cheshire & Merseyside Team
PDU Action Plan
21st Nov
Further to the Steering Group meeting in
August, a comprehensive PDU Action Plan
has been developed. Many examples of
research-based and excellent practices are
already evident. From an ‘improvements
required’ point of view, the areas where a
particular focus has been placed include:
TBC

C&M BCSP Clinician’s Meeting
NWSHA BCSP QA Meeting
Dr Richard Sturgess/Marie Coughlin
C&M BCSP Clinician’s Meeting
Dr Richard Sturgess/Marie Coughlin
TBC
NWSHA Colonoscopist’s
Workshop
Dr Richard Sturgess/Dr Paul O’Toole
Research Workshops
PDU Newsletter/September 2008