Royal Hospital Staff Survey Shows Improvement
Figures released by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust show that it is moving towards its aim of being one of the country’s top 20 NHS Organisations to work.
Results from the 2018 national staff survey (published today, February 26 2019) show that it’s making real progress towards that aim – with marked improvements across the survey’s ten ratings of staff experience. The trust employs 4,000 staff making it one of North Derbyshire’s largest employers.
The trust has one of the highest response rates in the country for an acute hospital – at 71% – more members of staff than ever before (2751) have had their say about what it feels like for them to be part of the NHS, working at Chesterfield Royal Hospital, community based services and Royal Primary Care GP surgeries.
Simon Morritt, Chief Executive says: “We’re really delighted at such visible progress. It’s a real step-change and it’s down to a new approach over the last two years that’s creating a culture where we all share the same positive values, beliefs, behaviours and ambitions. “Providing high-quality, safe and patient-centred care has to be at the heart of what we do and with a rating of GOOD from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) we’re well on our way to become outstanding in that respect.
However, it’s equally important to give the same attention to detail to our people. Taking care of their health and wellbeing, providing them with career development, education and training opportunities, putting them in charge of leading change and improvement, making sure their working environment is safe and that they are supported through compassionate leadership.”
Mr Morritt added, “By giving people the opportunity to get involved, by supporting our staff and enabling them to take the lead we’re creating an even better place to work.
Over the next few months the trust will be focusing on delivering ambitions set out in its People Strategy and Quality Strategy, both of which contain a host of plans designed to improve areas including work-life balance, leadership, education and training and patient care, safety and experience.
