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Setting Objectives Key slides from NPCi www.npci.org.uk. Setting local objectives. Why set objectives? Help maintain focus on improvement activities Team purpose and motivation Stretching. Goals, Aims & Objectives. How do the fit together?.
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Setting local objectives Why set objectives? • Help maintain focus on improvement activities • Team purpose and motivation • Stretching
Goals, Aims & Objectives How do the fit together? Goal sitting here at the top (difficult to measure) . Your medicines management Goal is broken down into Aims here And your specific Objectives underpinning your aims at the bottom Of course beneath all this will be the improvement work you are undertaking in an effort to achieve your objectives
SMART Objectives Specific Measurable Achievable Result-orientated Timely
Setting targets • Use data and local knowledge • Identify your baseline • Be realistic and make targets achievable • Know where you’re going • “Our target for ‘number of prescription items without specific dosage instructions’ is zero by December 2007 “
Don’t forget! • Consider the priorities of the organisation • Look at the business plan • More likely to receive senior management support
Summary • Remember Goal – Aims – Objectives • Ensure objectives are SMART • Set appropriate targets • Fit with organisational priorities