Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
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Item 9<br />
Discretionary pay (Section E1 of Performance Dashboard)<br />
5.2 Discretionary pay has reduced by £373k in Month 2 to £1.38m. This is principally due<br />
to a large reduction in nursing bank <strong>and</strong> agency.<br />
Training <strong>and</strong> Appraisals (Section E2 of Performance Dashboard)<br />
5.3 The completion of m<strong>and</strong>atory essential skills training has remained static in Month 2<br />
at 95%. Child protection has also remained static at 97%. Manual h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>and</strong> basic<br />
life support have both decreased slightly by 1% to 92% <strong>and</strong> 87% respectively.<br />
Appraisal completion rates (for non-medical staff) have remained static in Month 2 at<br />
82%.<br />
Sickness Absence (Section E3 of Performance Dashboard)<br />
5.4 Sickness absence has decreased in Month 2 from 4.34% to 3.63%, with the 12 month<br />
average sickness absence rate also continuing to decrease to 4.44%.<br />
In terms of sickness absence rates within staff groups, the staff groups with combined<br />
short <strong>and</strong> long term absence of more than 4% are Estates (5.42%) <strong>and</strong> Additional<br />
Clinical Services (6.13%).<br />
More robust management of poor attendance is being implemented alongside a<br />
range of prevention <strong>and</strong> wellbeing initiatives.<br />
A number of interventions have been put in place to support the health <strong>and</strong> wellbeing<br />
of staff <strong>and</strong> increase their resilience. The Occupational Health <strong>and</strong> Wellbeing<br />
Department’s Employee Assistance Service provide counselling, mediation, mental<br />
health advice <strong>and</strong> a range of education <strong>and</strong> training including:<br />
• Preventing Stress<br />
• Underst<strong>and</strong>ing Stress<br />
• Promoting Positive Manager Behaviour (which is run for managers)<br />
• Building Resilience (which is available for all staff, as well as a group intervention)<br />
• Self-Care course (to help staff focus on their own individual health <strong>and</strong> wellbeing).<br />
Alongside the implementation of a new Sickness Absence Policy, the contracts of<br />
employment of 17 individuals having been terminated in the past 6 months, following<br />
persistent absence associated with health issues.<br />
6 Compliance with Monitor’s Requirements<br />
Governance Risk Rating (Section F1 of Performance Dashboard)<br />
Continued failure of the A&E 4 hour target <strong>and</strong> 62 day cancer st<strong>and</strong>ards in addition to<br />
the failure of RTT admitted <strong>and</strong> incomplete pathways have resulted in a ‘Red’ rating<br />
for May. We anticipate a final Q1 position of 4.0 (Red), with the same four st<strong>and</strong>ards<br />
failing the quarter.<br />
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