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NEWSLINE<br />

<strong>Ambulance</strong> service<br />

recommended as a<br />

good place to work<br />

by staff<br />

Figures released from the<br />

NHS Staff Survey 2019 show a<br />

year on year increase in staff<br />

recommending North West<br />

<strong>Ambulance</strong> Service (NWAS) as<br />

a good place to work.<br />

Employing over 6,000 staff up<br />

and down the region from Crewe<br />

to Carlisle, the trust has focused<br />

heavily on health and wellbeing<br />

initiatives to support its workforce<br />

including signing the ‘Blue Light<br />

- Time to Change’ pledge to<br />

support mental wellbeing.<br />

Dedicated web pages have been<br />

set up give staff information<br />

and advice on staying happy, fit<br />

and healthy including podcasts,<br />

training and development<br />

opportunities as well as money<br />

saving discounts.<br />

The survey also found<br />

improvements in immediate<br />

managers and senior managers<br />

involving NWAS staff in important<br />

decisions, as well as giving clear<br />

them feedback on their work.<br />

Reviewing the feedback in<br />

comparison to other trusts in<br />

the ambulance sector, NWAS<br />

scored higher than average<br />

in terms of morale, quality of<br />

appraisals, quality of care and<br />

staff engagement.<br />

Nationally, results show that NHS<br />

staff say they are now happier and<br />

more likely to recommend their<br />

organisation as a place to work<br />

than last year.<br />

Lisa Ward, Interim Director of<br />

Organisational Development<br />

said: “We are really pleased<br />

with the results from this year’s<br />

NHS Staff Survey which has<br />

highlighted some really positive<br />

improvements.<br />

“Our amazing staff are what<br />

makes this organisation so<br />

special and their views are really<br />

important to us.<br />

“We have also placed great<br />

emphasis on supporting and<br />

raising awareness of the Freedom<br />

to Speak Up NHS whistleblowing<br />

policy and a zero tolerance to<br />

violence which has been reflected<br />

in the results.<br />

“It is also important that we<br />

use the results to highlight<br />

opportunities to learn and improve<br />

and although none of our results<br />

saw a significant negative change,<br />

the findings will now be used to<br />

support key improvement goals.”<br />

The survey findings will now be<br />

used as part of a new cultural<br />

improvement project alongside<br />

staff focus groups and individual<br />

interviews to collate information<br />

on how staff feel in order to make<br />

a significant difference.<br />

Responses were collected from<br />

2,774 NWAS staff members who<br />

completed the survey.<br />

Researchers to<br />

investigate method<br />

of growing new blood<br />

vessels<br />

A new treatment for stimulating<br />

the growth of new blood<br />

vessels in the heart will be<br />

investigated by researchers at<br />

the University of Bristol thanks<br />

to funding of over £100,000<br />

from national charity Heart<br />

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