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Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

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Item 3<br />

• Careful communication of the spending associated with the<br />

plan was important given the mixed messages to staff <strong>and</strong><br />

public that could arise.<br />

The Board:<br />

• Approved a capital programme of £15m consisting of precommitments<br />

of £4.1m <strong>and</strong> additional proposed schemes<br />

of £11.4m on<br />

D<br />

the underst<strong>and</strong>ing that £0.5m of slippage<br />

would be identified as the year progressed.<br />

• Agreed that this approval would be kept under review in<br />

recognition that affordability was dependent on the <strong>Trust</strong>’s<br />

cash position.<br />

R<br />

• Noted the table of reserve bids in the event that additional<br />

funding could be secured.<br />

• Noted that all other schemes would come back to the<br />

Board as Full Business Cases on the basis that they were<br />

loan funded.<br />

A<br />

113/13 Theatre Safety Improvement Plan<br />

This report set out actions to minimise risk to patients following five<br />

Never Events which occurred between November 2012 <strong>and</strong> March<br />

2013. In addition to the immediate actions described, Dr Mayor<br />

explained the remit of the Surgical Safety Improvement Programme to<br />

F<br />

disseminate medium <strong>and</strong> long term interventions to improve patient<br />

safety. Dr Williams queried the initiatives within teamwork<br />

interventions. Dr Mayor cited the introduction of formal theatre<br />

debriefing sessions associated with the WHO checklist <strong>and</strong> Human<br />

T<br />

Factors training.<br />

Mr Dix outlined the key changes resulting from the Theatre Safety<br />

Improvement Plan under the domains of resources, communication,<br />

Five Steps Safe Surgery <strong>and</strong> training <strong>and</strong> education. The report<br />

detailed the changes expecting during the coming month. The <strong>Trust</strong><br />

would be subject to national expert review at the end of June with<br />

recommendations reported in July. Whilst there had been some<br />

overall slippage with the Plan, he was confident that the <strong>Trust</strong>’s new<br />

organisational structure, including the appointment of a service line<br />

lead for Theatres, would bring this back on track.<br />

The Board welcomed the external involvement detailed in the report<br />

<strong>and</strong> requested periodic reports on progress.<br />

The Board noted the report.<br />

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