Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
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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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