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employee handbook
Section 5: Employee Communication
and Partnership
Internal Communications
The Hospital uses a wide variety of tools to help develop and maintain
open channels of communication within the organisation. Heads of
Service / Line Managers and Employees are encouraged to have
constructive dialogue with each other. Employees will be informed
about, and given opportunities to participate in, decisions affecting
their work life in a way that is consistent with effective management.
Information, in as far as is practicable, is communicated internally
before it is disseminated externally. All written information is produced
in a clear, concise manner, suitable for the audience and written in
plain language.
Information is communicated through a variety of avenues e.g.
verbal or written (electronic or hard copy). These may include, but are
not limited to, those listed below.
Communications Pathway: Meetings & Briefings
Staff Briefings: The Hospital’s Senior Management Team conducts
hospital-wide information sessions and staff briefings. These inform all
staff of developments in the Hospital.
Intranet: The Intranet is a widely utilized tool for provision of easily
updatable and current information around the Hospital. Hospital
forms, policies and procedures are now accessible via the Intranet.
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