Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality Account 2016-2017

Pressure Ulcer Collaborative
A pressure ulcer collaborative using a ‘Breakthrough Series
Model’ began in October 2015 with representation from
relevant clinical professional groups and most wards. A
series of learning sessions were held through the year,
culminating in a pressure ulcer prevention summit in the
spring of 2017. A change package is being rolled out
across the Trust that reflects the improvements that have
been developed at ward level.
Health and Wellbeing
In recognition that the wellbeing of our staff is crucial in helping them to deliver the best possible
care for patients we launched our Health and Wellbeing Strategy in April 2016. As part of this we
developed an Annual Programme of Activities which took place throughout 2016/17 and 27% of
our staff (1355) have now participated in a Health and Wellbeing initiative.
This work allowed us to achieve the 2016/17 Health and Wellbeing CQUINs. Our NHS staff survey
results from 2016/17 indicate that our organisational focus on Health and Wellbeing has shown a
statistically significant improvement.
Sustainability
In 2016 NGH was recognised by the NHS for Excellence in Sustainability Reporting. The Trust was
awarded the Golden Apple Award for Healthcare Environmental Best Practice by the Green
Organisation and we maintained our Investors in the Environment Green Accreditation, with the
status of Best Green Champion (Large Organisations) being awarded for the second successive
year.
We were also highly commended in the Healthcare Supply Association Awards Sustainability
section.
The Catering team maintained Bronze Food for Life Accreditation from the Soil Association for
patient meals and extended it to the food served to staff and visitors in the restaurant.
Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNA)
We were delighted to be successful in the categories of ‘Staff Experience’ and ‘the hospital doing
the most to improve the experience of those with a disability’ at the PENNA awards in March 2017.
In the Staff Experience category we had described our process for the Compliments Collation and
the way in which we have focused on collecting and sharing compliments with staff. The second
award was for the Maternity Chit-Chat group which was set up to support ladies with learning
disabilities who are expecting, or have had, babies.
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