Ambulance UK - April 2020
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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 />
Research <strong>UK</strong>.<br />
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