Public Board of Directors papers 241122

Public meeting of the Board of Directors Thursday 27 th October at 12.45 pm Seminar room, Christie at Macclesfield and through virtual access

Present: Chair: Chris Outram (CO), Chairman

Roger Spencer (RS), Chief Executive Officer Kathryn Riddle (KR), Non-Executive Director Dr Jane Maher (JM), Non-Executive Director Robert Ainsworth (RA), Non-Executive Director Prof Kieran Walshe (KW), Non-Executive Director

Grenville Page (GP), Non-Executive Director Alveena Malik (AM), Non-Executive Director Tarun Kapur (TK), Non-Executive Director Prof Chris Harrison (CJH), Medical Director and Deputy CEO Bernie Delahoyde (BD), Chief Operating Officer Eve Lightfoot (EL), Director of Workforce Prof Janelle Yorke (JY), Executive Chief Nurse & Director of Quality Dr Neil Bayman (NB), Executive Medical Director Sally Parkinson (SP), Interim Executive Director of Finance

Prof Richard Fuller (RF), Director of Education Prof Fiona Blackhall (FB), Director of Research Minutes: Jo D’Arcy, Assistant Company Secretary In attendance: Sue Mahjoob, Freedom to Speak Up Guardian

Matthew Bilney, Associate Chief Nurse, Quality and Patient Safety Benjamin Vickers, Patient Safety Specialist & Risk Lead Scott Davies, Public Governor for Salford Eric Solomons, observer

Clinical presentation: Patient safety strategy CO welcomed MB and BV to the meeting to present on the patient safety strategy. MB presented to the Board and informed that there are changes coming in terms of how the Trust manages patient safety incidents, which is a big piece of work for the Trust, and a national requirement. There has been an increase in the number and complexity of complaints received, which has put a demand on the team. The quality and standards team have been through a restructure, which has also led to the creation of new roles. A further Associate Chief Nurse is also due to join the team. A key appointment is the introduction of the Patient Safety Specialist role, undertaken by BV who has been with the Trust for 4 weeks and has a wealth of governance experience. MB handed over to BV to continue with the presentation. BV gave an overview of the patient safety strategy 2020. The patient safety strategy enables the NHS to achieve its safety vision; to continuously improve patient safety. To do this the NHS will build on two foundations: a patient safety culture and a patient safety system. Three strategic aims will support this development: insight, involvement and improvement. The process will involve recruiting patient safety partners, this will be a volunteer role. The shift in process relates to a required culture change and the strategy is aimed at moving the focus towards improvement. The patient safety strategy is 2 years old and is underpinned by 2 pieces of work, the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and Learning from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE). The Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) sets out the NHS’s approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for responding to patient safety incidents for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety. An overview was given as to how this will be embedded within the Trust. The 4 key aims of the PSIRF were also described.

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