This evidence-based programme of health promotion and support was created following the formation of a Health & Wellbeing Group in 2008 by Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, and the circulation of a staff survey to gain staff views regarding areas of support they wanted access to. It is centred around 6 key target areas set out by the Government in ‘Choosing Health, Making Healthier Choices Easier’ (2004)
The 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust set up an equality and diversity inclusion unit, providing support to staff, service users, carers and stakeholders on patient and public involvement, equality and diversity and social inclusion. This supported the Trust in building a diverse workforce which reflects the communities it serves and in promoting an environment characterised by dignity and mutual respect.
The Standardised Numeracy Assessment Process (SNAP) tool is a freely accessible web-based e-learning resource that was designed to assess and improve the confidence and competence of new and existing students and healthcare employees when dealing with numeracy and drug calculations. In April 2012 the SNAP team submitted a good practice case study to eWIN which captured the key outcomes and challenges faced by the project to date, as well as background information around how and why SNAP was developed.
DRS Realtime is the new online electronic rostering and programmed activity management system, which originated through a partnership between Skills for Health and the NHS North West Junior Doctor Advisory Team. It has been shown to reduce locum spend and achieve better use of clinical theatres and staff time.
Altogether Now – a legacy for Blackpoolis a multi-agency crusade, delivered by three partners - NHS Blackpool, Blackpool FC and Blackpool Council, serving the Blackpool community of approx 142,000 residents. The forthcoming change in structures across the NHS will see Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust superseding NHS Blackpool in the partnership.
Altogether Now - a Legacy for Blackpool is a multi-agency crusade, delivered by three partners - NHS Blackpool, Blackpool FC and Blackpool Council, serving the Blackpool community of approx 142,000 residents. Launched in 2010 this all-age, all-sport, all-inclusive programme is aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of every person in the seaside town irrespective of age, race, gender or ability, through increased physical activity and targeted health messages.
In 2012, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust rolled out values-based competency interview questions for recruitment to clinical roles. These were developed by the Human Resources (HR) Department, to support recruiting managers and help ensure that new recruits exhibit and share the Trust’s five core values; caring, dignity, respect, openness and pride. These core values were developed by the staff in order to localise the NHS Constitution and provide the guiding principles that underpin everything the Trust does.
St Helens and Knowsley (StHK) NHS Trust became the Lead Employer for junior doctors in the Cheshire and Merseyside (C&M) area on behalf of the Mersey Deanery in August 2010.The scale of this task, which involved managing over 2000 junior doctors, gave the trust an impetus to introduce a more efficient way of recording sickness absence.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Blackpool FT) has worked in collaboration with Lancaster University’s Centre for Training and Development (CETAD), to develop a robust, accredited learning programme for its ward managers, who in the current NHS landscape have had to undertake a range of managerial tasks as well as their normal clinical role.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHT), like many similar medium-sized district general hospital trusts, has had a problem with staff absenteeism. The Trust’s rolling average, despite being well within the target of 4.51%, which was previously set by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and NHS North West, steadily increased from 2007 to 2012.