Having vision: The role of quality improvement in sustaining rates of corneal donation in a hospice, and the impact of this through the COVID pandemic
Elizabeth Sharkey, Jessica Walding, Lowri Evans and Siwan Seaman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2022-0123
Future Healthc J March 2023 Elizabeth Sharkey
AUniversity Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Roles: internal medicine trainee
Jessica Walding
BSt Michael's Hospice, North Hampshire, UK
Roles: specialty doctor
Lowri Evans
CSwansea Bay University Health Board, Port Talbot, UK
Roles: specialty trainee
Siwan Seaman
DMarie Curie Hospice Cardiff and the Vale, Cardiff, UK
Roles: consultant in palliative medicine

Abstract
Understanding patients' wishes regarding organ and tissue donation is an important aspect of advance care planning (ACP). Many patients with life-limiting illnesses are still eligible to be corneal donors. A quality improvement (QI) approach has promoted a positive change in culture at an inpatient hospice, making the discussion of patients' wishes on corneal donation the norm. This cultural change led to a sustained high rate of such discussions, despite the multitude of challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Having vision: The role of quality improvement in sustaining rates of corneal donation in a hospice, and the impact of this through the COVID pandemic
Elizabeth Sharkey, Jessica Walding, Lowri Evans, Siwan Seaman
Future Healthc J Mar 2023, fhj.2022-0123; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2022-0123
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