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Item 8<br />

5.3 Learning <strong>and</strong> improving<br />

The following table summarises current themes <strong>and</strong> improvement actions that have been<br />

identified from all Healthcare Governance activity including complaints <strong>and</strong> PALS.<br />

Theme Actions / Improvement Lead Timeframe<br />

Major project aiming to improve overall<br />

healthcare administration functions<br />

including:<br />

Sam Sheridan Mar 2014<br />

• Self Check-In <strong>and</strong> Electronic Outcome<br />

Forms<br />

• Digital dictation<br />

• Review of the clinical office<br />

Clinical<br />

Administration<br />

• Electronic document management<br />

systems<br />

Review • Review of health records<br />

• Ward administration<br />

• Managed mail<br />

• Enhanced telephony<br />

• Appointments, booking <strong>and</strong> prep<br />

• Internal Communication Environment<br />

(ICE) – improved information links with<br />

primary care<br />

Outpatient<br />

Follow Up<br />

Delay<br />

• Issues pertaining to the follow up<br />

backlog <strong>and</strong> subsequent delays in<br />

outpatient appointments at the REI are<br />

managed through Task & Finish Group<br />

chaired by the Assistant Medical<br />

Director. Work is progressing to reduce<br />

the backlog including validation of all<br />

patients <strong>and</strong> appointments<br />

Paul McArdle<br />

Ongoing<br />

Parking –<br />

disabled<br />

spaces<br />

Parking &<br />

signage – REI<br />

• Improved availability for members of<br />

public requiring disabled spaces.<br />

Working Group in place including<br />

members of the public <strong>and</strong> LINK.<br />

• Walk round of the new REI area to<br />

identify future improvements to signage.<br />

Patient representatives, member of<br />

RNIB <strong>and</strong> other interested parties<br />

involved in walk round on 28 May 13.<br />

Action plan agreed.<br />

Andrew Davies Start date<br />

Jun 13<br />

Andres Davies<br />

Liz McGuffog<br />

30 Jun 13<br />

5.4 Patient Feedback<br />

The <strong>Trust</strong> programme for gathering feedback from our inpatients began in October 2010 <strong>and</strong><br />

covers all wards except intensive care, critical care, high dependency <strong>and</strong> paediatric areas,<br />

to date 5824 patients have been surveyed.<br />

Local inpatient ward satisfaction surveys are undertaken using iPads on an ongoing basis by<br />

a number of volunteers. A selection of wards, grouped by Matron is targeted each month on<br />

a rolling programme using the Meridian System. The survey report based on the findings is<br />

available to the matron, sister/manager <strong>and</strong> ward management to review through the<br />

Meridian system. Actions <strong>and</strong> learning are subsequently developed <strong>and</strong> sent to the Patient<br />

Experience<br />

Manager for ongoing management.<br />

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