A G E N D A 1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Ian Metcalfe 2 ...

Board of Directors Part 114 June 20133.2 Initial actionOver two nights in January, the scrutiny committee members spent anevening with the Clinical Site Team (CST) to learn how the hospitaloperates at night, how it is staffed and to visit wards. The CST was veryhelpful and open with us and this insight helped us with our latersurveys. We would like to thank BJ Waltho and her team for their help,as well as the CST.We also met the doctors on duty at night, being present for theirhandover at 11pm. During one of our January visits, one of thecommittee witnessed the pressure the single surgical doctor (F1) in thehospital at night feels when they were found visibly upset and worriedabout coping.4. InvestigationNine wards were selected as representative of the hospital and at least fivestaff and ten patients were interviewed from each using a questionnaire. Thequestionnaires were developed with input from the Director of Nursing.Tabulated results for the questionnaires can be found at Appendices A, B, Cand D.The nine wards visited in this survey were:Ward 1Ward 14Ward 2Ward 15Ward 9Ward 22Ward 24AMUStrokeThe following report has been written in two parts - a patient report and a staff report,each including its own conclusions and recommendations.The Governor Scrutiny Committee is grateful to all staff and patients involved inproviding information and support for this report.2The Hospital at NightQuality/Performance