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Jason Leitch (''[[Dental degree|BDS]], [[FDSRCS England|FDS RCS]] (Eng.), FDS RCS (Edin.), FDS RCPS (Gla.), [[Doctorate of dental surgery|DDS]], [[Masters in Public Health|MPH]]'') is the National Clinical Director at the [[Scottish Government]].<ref></ref>
== Early life ==
Jason was born on the 25 October 1968 the eldest of two children of Jim and Irene Leitch. His Mother was an office manager and Father was a coal miner, electrical engineer and college educator.
== Education ==
Jason graduated in Dentistry from the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1991. He became a Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England|Royal College of Surgeons]] (England) in 1996.
He has a doctorate from the University of Glasgow (2004), a [[Masters in Public Health]] from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] (2006) and is a fellow of [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow|The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow]] (2004) and the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] (2004). He is also a Fellow of the [[Higher Education Academy]] (2004).
He was a 2005-06 Quality Improvement Fellow at the [[Institute for Healthcare Improvement]], in [[Boston]], sponsored by the [[Health Foundation]], he is now a Senior Fellow at IHI.
== Career ==
=== Clinical ===
Jason completed a number of training jobs in the West of Scotland prior to becoming a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]] in [[Oral and maxillofacial surgery|Oral Surgery]] at [[Glasgow Dental Hospital and School]].
=== Scottish Government ===
Jason has worked for the [[Scottish Government]] since 2007 when he joined as the National Clinical Lead for Safety and Improvement. This was followed by roles as the National Clinical Lead for Quality; the Clinical Director of the Quality Unit and he is now The National Clinical Director in the Health and Social Care Directorate.
He is a member of the Health and Social Care Management Board and one of the senior team responsible for implementation of the NHSScotland Quality Strategy.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Jason is also an Honorary [[Professor]] at the [[University of Dundee]].
==== <u>Responsibilities</u> ====
Jason is responsible for quality in the health and social care system, including patient safety and person-centred care, NHS planning, and implementing quality improvement methods across the government and the broader public sector. He is a member of the ''Transformational Change'' as well as the ''Performance Boards'' at the Scottish Government.
==== <u>Scottish Patient Safety Programme</u> ====
Jason was part of the senior team who conceived, designed and led the, now ten years old, [[Scottish Patient Safety Programme]] which has led to almost 30,000 fewer than expected deaths, a globally recognised best in class safety culture evidenced by a 90% reduction in healthcare associated infections, a 21% reduction in sepsis mortality and a 31% reduction in pressure ulcers.<ref> NHS HIS|website=www.scottishpatientsafetyprogramme.scot.nhs.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref>
== Board Positions ==
* Non-executive Board member of the [[Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland]]. He sits on their Board, investment committee and the nominations committee.<ref> MDDUS|work=MDDUS|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en}}</ref>
* Director of the Nazareth Trust - the largest UK charity in Israel which runs the hospital in Nazareth for the Arab Israeli community and a large nursing school.
* Trustee of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship - which runs orphanages in southeast India.
* Until December 2012 he chaired the Conduct and Health Committees of the [[General Dental Council]], the regulatory body for dentistry in the UK.
== Awards and Honours ==
Jason was the 2011 HFMA UK Clinician of the Year<ref></ref>, and was made an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee in 2013.
== Advisory roles ==
As an internationally recognised expert in [[Health care quality|healthcare quality]] he speaks around the world and has advised Governments in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Republic of Ireland, Jordan, Canada, Brazil and South Africa.
Jason was appointed to [[National Health Service (England)|NHS England]] review group led by [[Donald Berwick|Don Berwick]] looking into the patient safety elements of the Francis Enquiry.
== Selected Bibliography ==
=== Presentations ===
* ''“What Matters to Me” – a new vital sign''. TEDxGlasgow. June 2016. <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Z1ZvjlKDE</nowiki>
* “Lessons from the Scottish Patient Safety Programme”. March 2014. The King’s Fund. <nowiki>https://ift.tt/2Q66gcn>
=== Books ===
* Dick S, Daniel M, Leitch J. 2010. Applying a Reliable Design Framework to Improve Quality of Care for Your Patients. Case Study: Implementing the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) Prevention Bundle. Published by the USAID Health Care Improvement Project. Bethesda, MD: University Research Co., LLC (URC).
* Medical emergencies in the Dental Surgery. Robb ND, Leitch JA. Oxford University Press, London, 2006.
* General and Oral Surgery. Wray D, Stenhouse D, Lee D, Clark A. Elsevier, London, 2003 – chapters on conscious sedation techniques and extractions.
* Churchill’s pocketbook of Clinical Dentistry. Chesnutt I, Gibson J. Churchill Livingstone, 2002, 2004, 2006. – Chapter on analgesia, sedation and general anaesthesia.
=== Articles ===
* O'Brien C, Urquhart CS, Allam S, Anderson KJ, Leitch JA, Macpherson A, Kenny GNC. Reaction time-monitored patient-maintained propofol sedation: a pilot study in oral surgery patients. Anaesthesia, 2013, 68: 760–764.
* Robb ND, Leitch J, O’Brien C. Predoctoral Teaching in Intravenous Conscious Sedation: Ten Years at Glasgow Dental School. Journal of Dental Education, 2013 (7):58-62.
* Moore R, Strachan H, O’Shea R, Leitch J. The nursing contribution to quality healthcare in NHSScotland. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 2012(3):29-35.
* Keightley A., Lucey S, Leitch J, Lloyd R, Campbell, C. Summary of: A pilot improvement project in hospital-based oral healthcare: improving caries risk assessment documentation. British Dental Journal, 2012(2):84-85.
* Haraden C, Leitch J. Scotland’s Successful National Approach To Improving Patient Safety In Acute Care. Health Aff. 2011; 30(4):755-63.
* Rooney KD, Leitch J. Quality and Safety in NHS Scotland. The British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease 2010; 10 (2): 98-100.
* Rooney KD, Leitch J. Advancing patient safety – The Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Anaesthesia News 2009; 260: 20-1.
* Rooney KD, Leitch J. Standards, safety and quality – where next? The Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Journal of the Intensive Care Society 2008; 9 (3): 271-2.
== References ==
== Early life ==
Jason was born on the 25 October 1968 the eldest of two children of Jim and Irene Leitch. His Mother was an office manager and Father was a coal miner, electrical engineer and college educator.
== Education ==
Jason graduated in Dentistry from the [[University of Glasgow]] in 1991. He became a Fellow of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England|Royal College of Surgeons]] (England) in 1996.
He has a doctorate from the University of Glasgow (2004), a [[Masters in Public Health]] from [[Harvard University|Harvard]] (2006) and is a fellow of [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow|The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow]] (2004) and the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]] (2004). He is also a Fellow of the [[Higher Education Academy]] (2004).
He was a 2005-06 Quality Improvement Fellow at the [[Institute for Healthcare Improvement]], in [[Boston]], sponsored by the [[Health Foundation]], he is now a Senior Fellow at IHI.
== Career ==
=== Clinical ===
Jason completed a number of training jobs in the West of Scotland prior to becoming a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary [[Consultant (medicine)|Consultant]] in [[Oral and maxillofacial surgery|Oral Surgery]] at [[Glasgow Dental Hospital and School]].
=== Scottish Government ===
Jason has worked for the [[Scottish Government]] since 2007 when he joined as the National Clinical Lead for Safety and Improvement. This was followed by roles as the National Clinical Lead for Quality; the Clinical Director of the Quality Unit and he is now The National Clinical Director in the Health and Social Care Directorate.
He is a member of the Health and Social Care Management Board and one of the senior team responsible for implementation of the NHSScotland Quality Strategy.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Jason is also an Honorary [[Professor]] at the [[University of Dundee]].
==== <u>Responsibilities</u> ====
Jason is responsible for quality in the health and social care system, including patient safety and person-centred care, NHS planning, and implementing quality improvement methods across the government and the broader public sector. He is a member of the ''Transformational Change'' as well as the ''Performance Boards'' at the Scottish Government.
==== <u>Scottish Patient Safety Programme</u> ====
Jason was part of the senior team who conceived, designed and led the, now ten years old, [[Scottish Patient Safety Programme]] which has led to almost 30,000 fewer than expected deaths, a globally recognised best in class safety culture evidenced by a 90% reduction in healthcare associated infections, a 21% reduction in sepsis mortality and a 31% reduction in pressure ulcers.<ref> NHS HIS|website=www.scottishpatientsafetyprogramme.scot.nhs.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-11-29}}</ref>
== Board Positions ==
* Non-executive Board member of the [[Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland]]. He sits on their Board, investment committee and the nominations committee.<ref> MDDUS|work=MDDUS|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en}}</ref>
* Director of the Nazareth Trust - the largest UK charity in Israel which runs the hospital in Nazareth for the Arab Israeli community and a large nursing school.
* Trustee of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship - which runs orphanages in southeast India.
* Until December 2012 he chaired the Conduct and Health Committees of the [[General Dental Council]], the regulatory body for dentistry in the UK.
== Awards and Honours ==
Jason was the 2011 HFMA UK Clinician of the Year<ref></ref>, and was made an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee in 2013.
== Advisory roles ==
As an internationally recognised expert in [[Health care quality|healthcare quality]] he speaks around the world and has advised Governments in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Republic of Ireland, Jordan, Canada, Brazil and South Africa.
Jason was appointed to [[National Health Service (England)|NHS England]] review group led by [[Donald Berwick|Don Berwick]] looking into the patient safety elements of the Francis Enquiry.
== Selected Bibliography ==
=== Presentations ===
* ''“What Matters to Me” – a new vital sign''. TEDxGlasgow. June 2016. <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_Z1ZvjlKDE</nowiki>
* “Lessons from the Scottish Patient Safety Programme”. March 2014. The King’s Fund. <nowiki>https://ift.tt/2Q66gcn>
=== Books ===
* Dick S, Daniel M, Leitch J. 2010. Applying a Reliable Design Framework to Improve Quality of Care for Your Patients. Case Study: Implementing the Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) Prevention Bundle. Published by the USAID Health Care Improvement Project. Bethesda, MD: University Research Co., LLC (URC).
* Medical emergencies in the Dental Surgery. Robb ND, Leitch JA. Oxford University Press, London, 2006.
* General and Oral Surgery. Wray D, Stenhouse D, Lee D, Clark A. Elsevier, London, 2003 – chapters on conscious sedation techniques and extractions.
* Churchill’s pocketbook of Clinical Dentistry. Chesnutt I, Gibson J. Churchill Livingstone, 2002, 2004, 2006. – Chapter on analgesia, sedation and general anaesthesia.
=== Articles ===
* O'Brien C, Urquhart CS, Allam S, Anderson KJ, Leitch JA, Macpherson A, Kenny GNC. Reaction time-monitored patient-maintained propofol sedation: a pilot study in oral surgery patients. Anaesthesia, 2013, 68: 760–764.
* Robb ND, Leitch J, O’Brien C. Predoctoral Teaching in Intravenous Conscious Sedation: Ten Years at Glasgow Dental School. Journal of Dental Education, 2013 (7):58-62.
* Moore R, Strachan H, O’Shea R, Leitch J. The nursing contribution to quality healthcare in NHSScotland. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 2012(3):29-35.
* Keightley A., Lucey S, Leitch J, Lloyd R, Campbell, C. Summary of: A pilot improvement project in hospital-based oral healthcare: improving caries risk assessment documentation. British Dental Journal, 2012(2):84-85.
* Haraden C, Leitch J. Scotland’s Successful National Approach To Improving Patient Safety In Acute Care. Health Aff. 2011; 30(4):755-63.
* Rooney KD, Leitch J. Quality and Safety in NHS Scotland. The British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease 2010; 10 (2): 98-100.
* Rooney KD, Leitch J. Advancing patient safety – The Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Anaesthesia News 2009; 260: 20-1.
* Rooney KD, Leitch J. Standards, safety and quality – where next? The Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Journal of the Intensive Care Society 2008; 9 (3): 271-2.
== References ==
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