January 2012 - Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals

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ALIGNMENT TO OBJECTIVES AND INSPECTION CRITERIA:
Corporate Objective 2: High Quality Care
Strategic objectives
Annual priorities
Review of Stroke Services
NHS LA standards
CQC Essential Standards of
Quality and Safety
Auditors’ Local Evaluation
IMPACT ASSESSMENT (Indicate with ‘x’ all those that apply in the second column):
High level analysis suggests:
Potential loss of income owing to catchment
changes must be matched to funding strategy
Capital investment associated with options
Financial
X
Potential revenue investment in additional nursing
staff
The analysis at this stage does not suggest a significant
variation between the short listed options.
Potential catchment loss, requires service and financial
Business and market share x prioritisation
Clinical
Workforce
Environmental
Legal & Policy
X
X
x
Clinical case for change in order to improve clinical
outcomes
New ways of working to deliver new service model
consolidate on one site for at leas the acute element of the
stroke and TIA care
Potential ward refurbishment
Potential for a 2 nd CT scanner at Sandwell Hospital
Equality and Diversity
Patient Experience
Communications & Media
Risks
X
x
X
Equality Impact Assessment Screening undertaken
Reconfiguration will result in improved patient outcomes
and experience but will mean some patients and visitors
will have to travel further.
Request to proceed to formal public consultation on short
listed options for service reconfiguration
Project risks identified as part of the project risk register
PREVIOUS CONSIDERATION:
Previous progress reports relating to Clinical Service Reconfiguration – last report December 2011.
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