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Trust launches No Delays in 7 Days initiative
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation has launched its No Delays in 7 Days initiative to eliminate delays and positively impact patient care.
The week-long programme, which has already proven successful in other NHS trusts, sees trust staff pleased to trial having volunteers on wards to help minimise risk of falls and increase discharge lounge facilities at community hospitals.
Additionally, staff will also trial having an extra consultant on wards rounds to get them completed earlier and ensuring patients do not spend all day in their pyjamas to encourage them to keep mobile to help speed up their recovery.
Berenice Groves, the project lead, said: “Our staff work extremely hard to minimise delays and often have great ideas about how to reduce delays and improve patient experience. There is daily evidence that our patients have to remain longer in hospital because they are waiting for things to happen, some of which we appreciate is out of the ward staff’s control. This week is about empowering these staff to challenge current processes, test new ideas and ways of working and make a difference to our patients.”
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