Focus Magazine - Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Help us to cut costs!Firstly thank you to those ofour members who receivetheir membership magazineelectronically as everyone thatswitches to email does their bit inhelping us to keep costs down.We are also developing our onlineFoundation Trust membershippages which means thatmembers can access informationmuch more frequently than everysix months. If we can use youremail address to keep in touchwe can let you know much morequickly about developmentstaking place and events thatmight be of interest to you.Please switch today! All you needdo is contact our membershiphelpdesk, provide your contactdetails or your membership IDand confirm the email addressyou wish to use.Invitation to a Stroke EventThursday 31 October 201311.00 am – 4.00 pm,Cedar Court Hotel,Bradford,The Yorkshire Stroke ResearchNetwork would like to invitestroke survivors and carers to a research event.The event will include:■ Achievements of the Stroke Research network■ Development of computer programmes to aid recovery■ Discussions on recovery after strokeIf you are interested in attending then please contactLouise Barber directly on 01274 383425 or email: louise.barber1@bthft.nhs.ukThe majority of our patients,carers and relatives are ‘extremelylikely’ to recommend our servicesto others, say our first set ofFriends and Family test results.Young People’sOpen EventThursday 20 March 2014,10am to 1.00pm, Field HouseTeaching Centre, BRIAimed at 16 to 21 year olds, thisevent gives young people anoverview of the wide range ofjobs and careers, training andeducation opportunities andvolunteering in the NHS.The event includes interactiveexhibition stands and displaysfrom internal Foundation Trustteams and departments as wellas external organisations. Toregister for the event pleasecontact our membershipoffice. All attendeesmust be members of ourFoundation Trust and willneed to ensure that wehave an email address and/or mobile number as wewill be communicating allinformation related to thisevent electronically.Membership office contact details can be foundon the back cover.Since its establishment in April,this important Departmentof Health survey gives usvital feedback from YOU, thepeople we treat, as to whetheryou would recommend ourwards or A&E department toothers if they needed similarcare.Our first results were verypromising as the FoundationTrust’s overall score for Junewas 61. This comparedfavourably to other hospitals inthe region.The results are calculated onthe number of patients whowould be ‘extremely likely’to recommend our services,minus those who would notrecommend us, or who areindifferent i.e. extremely likelyscores 1 point, likely scores0, all the other scores arenegative. This means that thebest result is +100 and theworst result is -100.Shelley Bailey, assistant chiefnurse (patient experience), said:“By giving us YOUR VIEWS,you help us improve thepatient experience as thisnew Friends and Family testprovides timely feedback, aswell as highlighting priorityareas for action.”Friends and Family applies toALL inpatients (except those inmaternity services who will jointhe scheme in October) agedover 16-years-old and who havestayed in hospital for at leastone night.Please give us your viewsupon discharge and fill in ourFriends and Family Test postcardwhich can be placed into theboxes on each ward.FOCUS August 2013 page 19