Patient Experience in Primary Care

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Patient Experience in Primary Care Lisa Cooper Assistant Director Nursing, Quality & Safety 24 February 2014

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Patient Experience in Primary Care. Lisa Cooper Assistant Director Nursing, Quality & Safety 24 February 2014. Introduction. Patient Experience Time for Change? Role of NHS England Area Team in Patient Experience Complaints/Concerns Facts & Figures (CWW Area Team) Lisa’s big plan ………. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Patient Experience in Primary Care

Lisa Cooper

Assistant Director Nursing, Quality & Safety

24 February 2014

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Introduction

• Patient Experience Time for Change?

• Role of NHS England Area Team in Patient Experience

• Complaints/Concerns

• Facts & Figures (CWW Area Team)

• Lisa’s big plan ……….

• Questions

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Patient Experience Time for Change?

• The Robert Francis Independent Inquiry reviewed care provided by Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust from January 2005 to March 2009

• Two reports February 2010; 2013

• Second report patient and public empowerment

• Warning signs:

• Increased complaints

• Poor patient experience

• No focus on patients (system wide)

• 290 recommendations – how many related to patient experience?

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Role of NHS England Area Team

• Direct commissioners of Primary Care

• Responsibility to ensure that services commissioned provide patients with a positive experience

• Patient’s advocate for provision of high quality care

• Investigate complaints/concerns raised regarding Primary Care (Nursing Team)

• Demonstrate learning from complaints and how this improves services for patients

• Leadership of the whole healthcare system

• Provide challenge to providers of services regarding quality & patient experience

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Complaints/Concerns

• Anyone can raise a complaint or concern

• Clearly advertised how to make a complaint/raise a concern

• Can go via Primary Care providers or direct to NHS England

• Complaints regulations

• Care Quality Commission registration

• Responsibility to investigate, resolve, learn and improve

• Health Service Ombudsman

• Separate to any legal process

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Facts & Figures (CWW Area Team)

• Since 01 April 2013:

• 188 complaints

• GPs

• Access/clinical care/communication

• Currently 40 complaints under investigation

• Oldest complaint 2011

• Since 01 October 2013:

• All clinically reviewed

• 100% acknowledged in 3 working days

• Average response time 60 working days6

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Lisa’s Big Plan ……….

• Decrease response times (25 working days)

• Identification of themes/trends/hot spots

• Identify learning and share across all providers

• Links with medical teams (performance)

• Customer service training for primary care staff

• Involve patients in feedback and learning

• Influence commissioning of services

• Links with CCGs regarding quality improvements in Primary Care

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Questions?

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