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Patients at
the heart of
creating the
right culture
David McNally
Deputy Director Patient
Experience
NHS England
10 July 2015
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Patients &
carers:
what matters
to you
Patient
experience of
care
Leadership
and culture
Delivering
compassionate
care
Staff
experience
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What is Patient Experience:
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• I am involved as an active partner in my care.
• I am treated as an individual – my needs, values and preferences are respected.
• There is a recognition that I am the expert on me.
• I am able to access services when I need them, and my care is coordinated.
• I am asked about my communication preferences so that communication is tailored
to me.
• I have access to the information I need, which is presented in a way that is right for
me.
• I have access to the support I need and is right for me, including emotional and
practical support, and I am able to involve my loved ones in decisions about me.
• The environment in which I receive my care is clean and comfortable and makes
me feel dignified.
(from ‘Improving experiences of care: Our shared understanding and ambition’, National
Quality Board January 2015)
What is good experience of care?
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Not
“The data presented display that patient experience is
positively associated with clinical effectiveness and
patient safety, and support the case for the inclusion of
patient experience as one of the central pillars of quality
in healthcare”
A systematic review of evidence on the links between
patient experience and clinical safety and effectiveness
British Medical Journal (January 2013)
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Definition of quality care
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Clinical
effectiveness;
experience;
safety
Collect; interpret;
act, assure
Surveys; FFT;
complaints;
stories
Systematic
approach
Quality
Context
Process
Range of
feedback
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Patient experience in
commissioner
plans
• How you will set measureable ambitions to reduce poor
experience of inpatient care and poor experience in
general practice
• How you will assess the quality of care experienced by
vulnerable groups of patients and how and where
experiences will be improved for those patients
• How you will demonstrate improvements from
FFT, complaints and other feedback
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17 April 2013
Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Opening Ceremony
@GrangerKate
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Open and Honest Care and
Safe Staffing
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NHS North West Transparency Project
Reduction of Pressure Ulcers and Falls - How have we been doing? Patient and
Staff Experience- What have they been Saying?
In January we cared for
xxxx patients
X patients suffered a Fall
in our care
X patients suffered a
Pressure Ulcer
in our care
· What our patients said:
· What our Nurses said about the care they provided:
· What did we learn about the care we have provided to patients?
You Said-We did!
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• Clinical quality
• A five per cent increase in staff working in real teams is
associated with a 3.3 per cent drop in the mortality rate (around
40 deaths a year in an average acute hospital).
• The link between staff satisfaction and mortality rates for both
non-clinical and clinical staff, with the strongest correlation
among nursing staff.
• Staff satisfaction is related to hospital- acquired infection rates.
• Presenteeism, where staff feel pressure to attend work even
though they are unwell, has a knock-on effect for patient care.
• Patient experience
• ‘Staff feedback [is] associated with patient-reported
experience... and the consistent direction of the findings is
indicative of [causality.]’
• Individual staff wellbeing is best seen as an antecedent rather
than as a consequence of patient care performance.
Staff engagement: the evidence
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• As could be expected, staff who feel that their work is
valued are likely to recommend their organisation as a
place to work.
• Staff who feel that their work is valued are also more
likely to feel that care of patients is their organisation’s
top priority
• Nationally, the proportion of staff who feel that care of
patients is their organisation’s top priority has
increased slightly, from 66% in 2013 to 67% in 2014.
• At organisations where staff feel that care of patients
is the top priority, staff are also more likely to report
that senior managers try to engage staff in important
decisions
NHS Staff Survey 2014 –
Organisation cultures affect the quality of
patient outcomes
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• Nationally, almost three-quarters (73%) of staff reported
that patient/service-user feedback is collected within their
directorate/department.
• Staff who have frequent contact with patients are the most
likely to report that patient feedback is collected at their
organisation. However, this group feel relatively less
informed about the way that patient feedback is used in
decision-making.
• General managers and commissioning managers are
significantly more likely than other staff groups to report that
feedback is used to make informed decisions.
• Medical and dental staff are the least likely to feel that patient
feedback is used to make informed decisions.
NHS Staff Survey 2014 –
New questions about the collection and
use of patient feedback
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The Staff Friends and Family Test (FFT) was introduced in April 2014 with the vision that all staff have the
opportunity to feedback their views on their organisation at least once per year. The two FFT questions are
similar to two Staff Survey questions (see table 2); as such, the Staff FFT is undertaken on a quarterly basis
except in Quarter 3 when the Staff Survey is carried out.
The Staff FFT provides quarterly updates of staff
advocacy for their organisation
Question Staff FFT Staff Survey
Work How likely are you to recommend the organisation
to friends and family as a place to work.
I would recommend my Trust as a place to work (q12c)
Care How likely are you to recommend our services to
friends and family if they needed care or treatment.
If a friend or relative needed treatment, I would be happy with
the standard of care provided by this organisation (q12d)
Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3
Source FFT Staff Survey
Metric % recommend % agree
Work 62 61 56
Care 76 77 64
21%
41%
18%
12%
7%
1%
18%
41%
26%
10%
5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
Extremely
Likely
Likely Neither Unlikely Extremely
Unlikely
Don't Know
FFT - Work
Staff Survey - Work
Figure 21: Breakdown of responses to both the Staff FFT and NHS Staff
Survey work question
Table 2: Comparison of the Staff FFT and NHS Staff Survey question text
Table 3: Quarterly Staff FFT and Staff
Survey results
While the Staff Survey results are lower
than the FFT results overall (see table
3), fig 21 shows that the pattern of
responses is fairly consistent across the
options for both measures.
Source: Staff Friends & Family Test - Initial analysis (draft)
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• The Culture of Care Barometer presents staff with 30
attitude items and asks them to indicate their
agreement with each on a scale of 1-5: from strongly
disagree, to strongly agree.
• Section 1: Resources needed to deliver quality care
• Section 2: Support needed to do a good job
• Section 3: Worthwhile job with a chance to develop
• Section 4: Opportunity to improve the way team works
Culture of Care Barometer
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• Adds value to existing tools such as the staff survey and Friends
and Family Test and can best be targeted at teams where it was
perceived as being particularly useful in fostering dialogue and
surfacing how respondents felt about working in their
organisation.
• Culture is everybody’s business and support for the use of the
Culture of Care Barometer needs to come from the Chief
Executive and the Board to ensure culture is not seen solely as a
nursing responsibility.
• Implementation of the Culture of Care Barometer needs to be
supported by a robust engagement and communications plan at
Trust level and endorsed by the Board to promote uptake and
response rates across different groups of staff.
Culture of Care Barometer -
Recommendations
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• Schwartz Rounds are meetings which provide an opportunity for
staff from all disciplines across the organisation to reflect on the
emotional aspects of their work.
• A Round can either be based on different accounts of one patient or
an event, or can explore a particular theme such as ‘when things go
wrong’ or ‘memorable patients’.
• lunch is offered before the start
• presenting team talk for 10-15 minutes on a pre-planned topic
• trained facilitators moderate the discussion
• the audience is asked to share their thoughts, ask questions,
offer similar experiences
• Round lasts for one hour in total.
• Research into the effectiveness of Schwartz Rounds shows the
positive impact that they have on individuals, teams, patient
outcomes and organisational culture.
Schwartz Rounds
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• April 2015, 116 UK organisations running Rounds
• Mix of NHS trusts – acute, teaching an non-teaching;
mental health; community services – hospices and
independent sector
• Audiences range from 120-150 in the largest to 30 in
smallest
• Multi-professional and multi-disciplinary audiences in all
• Mix of staff varies between organisations: some mainly
medical, others more nursing, therapists and support staff
Schwartz Rounds in the UK
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Discussion
• How is patient feedback gathered, considered
and acted upon in your organisation?
• What could your organisation do improve
• Patient and carer experience of care?
• Staff experience?
• What does your organisation do particularly well?
• What more could NHS England do to support
local organisations?
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Thank You
David McNally
Deputy Director Patient
Experience
davidmcnally@nhs.net

Projects at the Heart of Creating the Right Culture David McNally

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    www.england.nhs.uk Patients at the heartof creating the right culture David McNally Deputy Director Patient Experience NHS England 10 July 2015
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    www.england.nhs.uk Patients & carers: what matters toyou Patient experience of care Leadership and culture Delivering compassionate care Staff experience
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    www.england.nhs.uk • I aminvolved as an active partner in my care. • I am treated as an individual – my needs, values and preferences are respected. • There is a recognition that I am the expert on me. • I am able to access services when I need them, and my care is coordinated. • I am asked about my communication preferences so that communication is tailored to me. • I have access to the information I need, which is presented in a way that is right for me. • I have access to the support I need and is right for me, including emotional and practical support, and I am able to involve my loved ones in decisions about me. • The environment in which I receive my care is clean and comfortable and makes me feel dignified. (from ‘Improving experiences of care: Our shared understanding and ambition’, National Quality Board January 2015) What is good experience of care?
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    www.england.nhs.uk Not “The data presenteddisplay that patient experience is positively associated with clinical effectiveness and patient safety, and support the case for the inclusion of patient experience as one of the central pillars of quality in healthcare” A systematic review of evidence on the links between patient experience and clinical safety and effectiveness British Medical Journal (January 2013)
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    www.england.nhs.uk Clinical effectiveness; experience; safety Collect; interpret; act, assure Surveys;FFT; complaints; stories Systematic approach Quality Context Process Range of feedback
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    www.england.nhs.uk Patient experience in commissioner plans •How you will set measureable ambitions to reduce poor experience of inpatient care and poor experience in general practice • How you will assess the quality of care experienced by vulnerable groups of patients and how and where experiences will be improved for those patients • How you will demonstrate improvements from FFT, complaints and other feedback
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    www.england.nhs.uk 17 April 2013 DerbyshireHealthcare NHS Foundation Trust Opening Ceremony @GrangerKate
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    www.england.nhs.uk Open and HonestCare and Safe Staffing
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    www.england.nhs.uk NHS North WestTransparency Project Reduction of Pressure Ulcers and Falls - How have we been doing? Patient and Staff Experience- What have they been Saying? In January we cared for xxxx patients X patients suffered a Fall in our care X patients suffered a Pressure Ulcer in our care · What our patients said: · What our Nurses said about the care they provided: · What did we learn about the care we have provided to patients? You Said-We did!
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    www.england.nhs.uk • Clinical quality •A five per cent increase in staff working in real teams is associated with a 3.3 per cent drop in the mortality rate (around 40 deaths a year in an average acute hospital). • The link between staff satisfaction and mortality rates for both non-clinical and clinical staff, with the strongest correlation among nursing staff. • Staff satisfaction is related to hospital- acquired infection rates. • Presenteeism, where staff feel pressure to attend work even though they are unwell, has a knock-on effect for patient care. • Patient experience • ‘Staff feedback [is] associated with patient-reported experience... and the consistent direction of the findings is indicative of [causality.]’ • Individual staff wellbeing is best seen as an antecedent rather than as a consequence of patient care performance. Staff engagement: the evidence
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    www.england.nhs.uk • As couldbe expected, staff who feel that their work is valued are likely to recommend their organisation as a place to work. • Staff who feel that their work is valued are also more likely to feel that care of patients is their organisation’s top priority • Nationally, the proportion of staff who feel that care of patients is their organisation’s top priority has increased slightly, from 66% in 2013 to 67% in 2014. • At organisations where staff feel that care of patients is the top priority, staff are also more likely to report that senior managers try to engage staff in important decisions NHS Staff Survey 2014 – Organisation cultures affect the quality of patient outcomes
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    www.england.nhs.uk • Nationally, almostthree-quarters (73%) of staff reported that patient/service-user feedback is collected within their directorate/department. • Staff who have frequent contact with patients are the most likely to report that patient feedback is collected at their organisation. However, this group feel relatively less informed about the way that patient feedback is used in decision-making. • General managers and commissioning managers are significantly more likely than other staff groups to report that feedback is used to make informed decisions. • Medical and dental staff are the least likely to feel that patient feedback is used to make informed decisions. NHS Staff Survey 2014 – New questions about the collection and use of patient feedback
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    www.england.nhs.uk The Staff Friendsand Family Test (FFT) was introduced in April 2014 with the vision that all staff have the opportunity to feedback their views on their organisation at least once per year. The two FFT questions are similar to two Staff Survey questions (see table 2); as such, the Staff FFT is undertaken on a quarterly basis except in Quarter 3 when the Staff Survey is carried out. The Staff FFT provides quarterly updates of staff advocacy for their organisation Question Staff FFT Staff Survey Work How likely are you to recommend the organisation to friends and family as a place to work. I would recommend my Trust as a place to work (q12c) Care How likely are you to recommend our services to friends and family if they needed care or treatment. If a friend or relative needed treatment, I would be happy with the standard of care provided by this organisation (q12d) Quarter Q1 Q2 Q3 Source FFT Staff Survey Metric % recommend % agree Work 62 61 56 Care 76 77 64 21% 41% 18% 12% 7% 1% 18% 41% 26% 10% 5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% Extremely Likely Likely Neither Unlikely Extremely Unlikely Don't Know FFT - Work Staff Survey - Work Figure 21: Breakdown of responses to both the Staff FFT and NHS Staff Survey work question Table 2: Comparison of the Staff FFT and NHS Staff Survey question text Table 3: Quarterly Staff FFT and Staff Survey results While the Staff Survey results are lower than the FFT results overall (see table 3), fig 21 shows that the pattern of responses is fairly consistent across the options for both measures. Source: Staff Friends & Family Test - Initial analysis (draft)
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    www.england.nhs.uk • The Cultureof Care Barometer presents staff with 30 attitude items and asks them to indicate their agreement with each on a scale of 1-5: from strongly disagree, to strongly agree. • Section 1: Resources needed to deliver quality care • Section 2: Support needed to do a good job • Section 3: Worthwhile job with a chance to develop • Section 4: Opportunity to improve the way team works Culture of Care Barometer
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    www.england.nhs.uk • Adds valueto existing tools such as the staff survey and Friends and Family Test and can best be targeted at teams where it was perceived as being particularly useful in fostering dialogue and surfacing how respondents felt about working in their organisation. • Culture is everybody’s business and support for the use of the Culture of Care Barometer needs to come from the Chief Executive and the Board to ensure culture is not seen solely as a nursing responsibility. • Implementation of the Culture of Care Barometer needs to be supported by a robust engagement and communications plan at Trust level and endorsed by the Board to promote uptake and response rates across different groups of staff. Culture of Care Barometer - Recommendations
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    www.england.nhs.uk • Schwartz Roundsare meetings which provide an opportunity for staff from all disciplines across the organisation to reflect on the emotional aspects of their work. • A Round can either be based on different accounts of one patient or an event, or can explore a particular theme such as ‘when things go wrong’ or ‘memorable patients’. • lunch is offered before the start • presenting team talk for 10-15 minutes on a pre-planned topic • trained facilitators moderate the discussion • the audience is asked to share their thoughts, ask questions, offer similar experiences • Round lasts for one hour in total. • Research into the effectiveness of Schwartz Rounds shows the positive impact that they have on individuals, teams, patient outcomes and organisational culture. Schwartz Rounds
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    www.england.nhs.uk • April 2015,116 UK organisations running Rounds • Mix of NHS trusts – acute, teaching an non-teaching; mental health; community services – hospices and independent sector • Audiences range from 120-150 in the largest to 30 in smallest • Multi-professional and multi-disciplinary audiences in all • Mix of staff varies between organisations: some mainly medical, others more nursing, therapists and support staff Schwartz Rounds in the UK
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    www.england.nhs.uk Discussion • How ispatient feedback gathered, considered and acted upon in your organisation? • What could your organisation do improve • Patient and carer experience of care? • Staff experience? • What does your organisation do particularly well? • What more could NHS England do to support local organisations?
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    www.england.nhs.uk Thank You David McNally DeputyDirector Patient Experience davidmcnally@nhs.net