A New Year challenge!
A new culture for a new year? “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future” Readers of my last blog post will understand why I have taken time…
A new culture for a new year? “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future” Readers of my last blog post will understand why I have taken time…
Many thanks for voting for me, as you can see from the graphic I have made the final in the ‘most innovative’ category!
. Two weeks ago I wrote a diary that I didn’t publish, focusing on a day when I experienced two very different sets of emotions. Events have since moved on, and today an announcement about my resignation was made. I am publishing…
This guest blog comes from some thoughts written down by one of our senior nurses during the week she retired. Jo Richmond spent nearly 45 years in the NHS, in a variety of roles as you will read. The last…
Lots going on, as always. Our main concern, shared by our staff, remains the overcrowded state of our hospitals. At our recent AGM I showed that, compared to a year ago, ED attendances are up 7%, emergency ambulances up 10%,…
I want to open this week with a thank you to all our staff for their tremendously hard work over the last month. We’ve experienced an increased level of activity in all three of our hospitals and our teams have…
The two big topics of this week – emergency pressures and raising concerns by staff – are very closely linked Pressures on hospital A&E departments We have experienced extreme A&E pressure since the Bank Holiday. While attendances…
It may be summer but there is still plenty going on! Here are a few current issues and initiatives from the last couple of weeks Focusing on the patient We have made a number of changes to…
With summer here the focus remains on managing activity and a range of internal initiatives to improve various aspects of our care Publishing our data is important We are steadily publishing more and more information about…
Very much a focus on performance and standards at the moment. It is definitely time to stop using the phrase ‘winter pressures’ – activity remains very high in our Emergency Departments, while the recent increase in elective and suspected…
Thank you all for the welcome back! The past fortnight has been an eventful one, as always. I hope the following is of interest Salmonella outbreak As the Confederation Conference was drawing to a close, I…
I’m back after a break – a combination of challenging times and an attempt to take at least a few hours off over a weekend! My last diary was back in January. It seems like an age ago, when…
I’m back after a break – a combination of challenging times and an attempt to take at least a few hours off over a weekend! My last diary was back in January. It seems like an age ago, when…
There is much talk about the need for cultural change in the NHS, but what might this mean in practice? In my Trust we asked Sir Ian Kennedy to examine how harm to patients was allowed to continue despite numerous…
My first Diary of 2014 – some familiar themes and some new ones too! Performance since the ‘Perfect Week’ The big question – have the benefits of our ‘Perfect Week’ initiative been sustained? The answer is certainly…
My first Diary of 2014 – some familiar themes and some new ones too! Performance since the ‘Perfect Week’ The big question – have the benefits of our ‘Perfect Week’ initiative been sustained? The answer is certainly…
A hectic week – we ran our emergency care ‘Perfect Week’ initiative, and Sir Ian Kennedy released his report on Thursday too! Our ‘Perfect Week’ or ‘Breaking the Cycle’ initiative A huge undertaking, but a successful…
This has been a week of preparation – it is proving a hectic run up to Christmas! Managing emergencies This is our overwhelming focus at present. We have struggled with achieving the 4hr target for a…
There was only one event this week – the visit to our Trust by the CQC Chief Inspector of Hospitals team! The CQC Chief Inspector of Hospitals team visited this week – around 45 people who have…
It is 3 weeks since my last Diary, and a period when emergency pressures, and preparing for both winter and the Chief Inspector visit have dominated Staff Brief Once regular monthly sessions, we have lately…