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 />
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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 />
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• 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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