In the News Today

Today's Topics

• Listening into Action
• Thursday Pulse -Fractured Neck of Femur
• Team Brief 
• RCHT medics in Palestine
• DL1 shut down
• Action on Elder Abuse 
• Free BNF App from NICE 

NHS in the news today

• Diabetes patients getting too few checks
• Kent hospital now meets CQC standards
• Stern warning after Gloucestershire hospital staff heard discussing patients on bus

Listening into Action...

Today you will have received a  personal email from  Lezli Boswell about our participation in a new staff engagement programme.

Listening into Action is about achieving a fundamental shift in the way we work, putting staff at the centre of change for the benefit of our patients and the Trust as a whole. It has been successful in other organisations because it is structured and provides an opportunity to learn from the very best in staff engagement. The principle is simple though: leaders at RCHT promise to act on what patients and staff say to make improvements.

For the first step we need everyone to complete this 60 second survey before midnight on Friday 15th June.  (Click here|)

Thursday Pulse 

June Team Brief 

This week's snapshot from our quality and performance targets...

89 percent of patients with fractured neck of femur had their operation within the best practice guideline of 36 hours in May. 

This is the best performance we have yet achieved and one which has very clear benefits to patient care.  Many thanks for all the effort that has made this possible.

A round up of key issues for the month...

Please find below a link to the June Team Brief for discussion at team meetings at the earliest opportunity. If you have any queries about the Team Brief or would like to see any information included next month, please contact Garth Davies, Associate Director, Communications: Garth.Davies@rcht.cornwall.nhs.uk|

June Team Brief

Operational Items

RCHT medics provide training in Palestine...

Read Magdalena Kincaid's blog on location from Palestine this week as she and colleagues make a return trip to provide training for young surgeons there.

(Click here|)

Legacy Document Library (DL1) shut down...

Please note that the Legacy Document Library (DL1) will be shut down on 25 June 2012.

Our governed documents - policies, procedures, etc - have been transfered to the new Document Library| over recent months and are available here.

Action on Elder Abuse...

A reminder that it's World Elder Abuse Awareness Day tomorrow, Friday 15 June.

As part of our campaign to encourage people to say something if they suspect someone is being abused or neglected there will be a stand in Mullions Restaurant from 11am-3pm promoting the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.

Stop by our stand and you will have the opportunity to watch a powerful new DVD featuring some of the vulnerable adults in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly who have experienced abuse.

The DVD is three minutes long and those who take the time to view it will be entered into a prize draw to win a photo shoot and canvas worth £240 kindly donated by the Truro based Light Box Photographic Company.

For further information contact Mary Mallett, Safeguarding Adults Named Nurse on X2446

Free BNF app...

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has launched a free iPhone and Android based Smartphone App giving health professionals access to the British National Formularly with direct links to NICE guidance.

Although not currently available through our internal networks, you may wish to use this on personal devices and internet connections. Users do need to have an NHS Athens password| and should also be aware of the restrictions on using mobile devices in clinical areas.

Click here| for more information.