Daljit Hothi, MBBS MRCPCH MD(Res)

Dr. Daljit Hothi is a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, Head of Clinical Services for Nephrology and Clinical lead for Home Haemodialysis. She is a self-declared enthusiast for paediatric dialysis and leads the largest international Paediatric Home HD Program.

She is also Associate Medical Director for Leadership & Quality Improvement at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She has led on a number projects including the Health Foundation funded project, Active reporting of patient safety incidents and near misses on the renal ward by involving families and patients.’ This project won the HSJ National Ward 2013 Patient Safety and was shortlisted for the BMJ Awards 2014 – Innovation Team. She is also a lead for the EQuIP (Enabling Clinicians in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety) training programme which was been nominated for the HSJ education Award 2014 and National Patient Safety Award 2015. In 4 years, in excess of 200 improvement projects were completed across all 6 quality domains. Over £50,000 of savings was realized through one project alone. EQUIP encouraged innovation and a positive change in the culture of the NHS by training and supporting young clinicians in the QI projects. Individual participants have not only improved their working environment but gained CPD credits and have had posters and won prizes at national level as a result of their work.  Longer term evaluation to date shows that over a third of participants have subsequently taken on senior quality improvement and patient safety roles in their Trust’s.

Externally, Dr Hothi is a member of the Health Foundation ‘Q’ Initiative and co-chair for the Development workstream for KQUIP, a national Quality Improvement collaborative for kidney diseases.

Finally, Dr Hothi has an interest in ‘Value Based Healthcare’ and is involved in a number of national quality initiatives such as the Expert Working Group for the Paediatric and Renal HRG chapters