Agenda item

6.1

The report, which shared the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust Quality Account was presented by Sandi Carmen (Assistant Chief Executive, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust) and Angela Legge (Quality Director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust), who gave the following additional information in response to questions from Members:

• The move to electronic patient records would be made in October 2024 and pre work was taking place.  There was a clinically led structure supporting this work.  It was recognised that patient safety was an important factor.
• “Aperture” was used to ensure different programmes could be viewed at the same time on one screen.
• Meeting the national standards for the waiting times set out on page 108 of the agenda pack was an area of focus.
• The Trust was no longer in Tier 1, which recognised that improvements had been made.
• The figures on urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer, which had seen a decline since 2021, were an area of concern and further work was required.  The Trust was focussing on faster diagnosis to tackle this, and also looking at the patients who had been waiting the longest, i.e. those on the 62 day pathway.  The reasons for increased waits was varied across the organisation and was being investigated.

6.2

Members recognised positive achievements such as the embedding of PROUD values (Patient first, Respect, Ownership, Unity, Delivery), the “Dragon’s Den” approach to staff ideas, the continuous improvement culture, the extra work on climate action including consideration of food miles, and the work on health inequalities including dental care for homeless people.

6.3

Members requested further details regarding the Trust’s work with Yorkshire Ambulance Service including what was being done to limit patient waiting times, improve ambulance turnaround and improve “patient flow”.

6.4

The Chair confirmed that written feedback would be provided to the Trust which would reflect the discussion.

6.5

RESOLVED: that the Sub-Committee

(a)  notes the contents of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust Quality Report and

(b)  will provide written comments on the report by the deadline of 10^th June 2024.