Engagement 4 Improvement Framework 2012 - 2015
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Engagement 4 Improvement Framework 2012 - 2015
Engagement 4 Improvement Framework 2012 - 2015 “We want to make engagement everyone‟s business so that we reach a better understanding and are more in tune with the needs of all the communities we serve. Our Trust does not intend to do this passively, peoples‟ needs are better met, when they are involved in equal and mutual relationships with professionals and others, working together to get thing done - by being „better together”. Kathryn Blackshaw, Acting Chief Executive and Chair of Equalities, Engagement, Experience & Enablement Committee (4Es) Ratified version: Board of Directors 28.5.2012 Foreword This document sets out the Engagement 4 Improvement for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for 2012-2015. It outlines our plans for engagement for the next three years and the priorities for action that will help us to embed engagement into the culture and behaviours of our organisation. We want to develop and deliver fully inclusive and compassionate services that we can be proud of, knowing that we have the confidence and endorsement of the whole community in all its diversity. We want to make engagement everyone‟s business so that we reach a better understanding and are more in tune with the needs of all the communities we serve. We welcome this framework as it will bring a range of benefits to the organisation and the people of Derbyshire. It will inform our understanding of the individual patient experience, carers, our community, staff and their health and wellbeing needs. It will underpin the work we do and is key to achieving our vision “to improve the health and wellbeing of all the communities we serve”. Our goal is to ensure that stakeholder perception of our Trust is built on sincere engagement by developing real, credible and open relationships based on a two-way meaningful dialogue with all the people we serve, our partners and those who work within our services. We will know if we have achieved our goal by demonstrating year on year improvements in our service quality, engagement and experience and evidence of increased levels of confidence and trust reported by all of our stakeholders. Better outcomes Better quality of life better governance better patient experience better recovery Foreword Meaningful engagement is the right thing to do – it will help us to be “better together” because it contributes to: a better organisation We recognise the need to develop an organisational ethos that places engagement and experience at the heart of decision making and sets clear lines of accountability. In order for this to happen in all aspects of our work we have decided to take a structured and joined-up approach which will allow us to bring together - patient experience, staff engagement and wider community engagement across the organisational levels. This will ensure consistency, openness and assurance that views are actively sought and acted upon within care delivery and inclusive practice throughout our Trust. In January 2012, we launched the Equalities, Engagement, Experience and Enablement Committee (4Es), which has created an exciting opportunity for joint working with all our stakeholders and most importantly has established clear routes to enable them to hold our Trust to account for the delivery of the Engagement 4 Improvement Framework, the NHS Constitution pledges and the Equality Delivery System. Most importantly, it creates possibilities for joint working, planning, innovation, development and better delivery of services. This is an ambitious framework but one which will make us close to the people we serve and work with. Kathryn Blackshaw, Acting Chief Executive and Chair of Equalities, Engagement, Experience & Enablement Committee (4Es) Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 2 1 Introduction 1.1 This framework sets out the Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust‟s commitment to engagement and patient experience so that our pledge and approach to „sincere and deep‟ engagement with our stakeholders is clearly understood. We recognise that in order for stakeholders to view our Trust as genuinely engaging we need to develop sustainable relationships and create an open, caring and compassionate environment built on mutual respect and two-way dialogue with all the people we serve; our partners and those who work within our services. Last year a national equality performance framework called the Equality Delivery System (EDS) was developed. The EDS supports NHS staff and organisations to work closely with the communities they serve to deliver services that are personal, fair and diverse; to champion continuous improvement in the quality of patient services; promote good practice; and support the NHS to implement the Equality Act 2010. The EDS has four goals namely; Better health outcomes for all; improved patient access and experience; empowered, engaged and included staff and inclusive leadership at all levels. This fits in with our goals around engagement and we have embraced the EDS through the active involvement of staff, public and community organisations in setting objectives and monitoring of performance for equality. 1.3 The public sector Equality Duty, part of the Equality Act 2010, is made up of a „general duty‟ which is the overarching requirement and the „specific duties‟ which are intended to help performance of the general duty. The general duty has three aims and it applies to most public authorities, who must, in the exercise of their functions, have due regard to the need to: • eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and other conduct prohibited under the Act • advance equality of opportunity between persons who share a relevant protected characteristics and persons who do not share it • foster good relations between persons who share a relevant protected characteristic and persons who do not share it. Introduction 1.2 1.4 The NHS Constitution, lies at the heart of this framework- it is our duty to create a culture where local people are armed with the power and knowledge to get involved, participate in and influence our work. Also the NHS Act 2006 places a legal duty to involve patients and their representatives in decisions about services. 1.5 We are committed to using engagement and experiences of care as levers to directly improve person-centred care. People will feel more empowered by being involved and at the centre of decision making and as a result will have better experiences and achieve better outcomes. Most importantly, we will Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 3 have made a positive difference to the quality of peoples‟ lives by improving social inclusion, fairness, hope, recovery and independence. We will become a better organisation by building on our engagement and relationships with all stakeholders. The Engagement 4 Improvement Framework is one way of putting into practice our vision „to improve the health and wellbeing‟ of all the communities we serve. It will ensure that the following strategic aims and core values are being acted upon. 1.7 This framework is for all our stakeholders - service users, carers, staff, governors, partners and the local and wider community in Derbyshire. Introduction 1.6 1.8 We will: use engagement and experiences of care as levers to directly improve the quality of care, good experience and outcomes for all people. This will be achieved by actively engaging and putting people at the centre of decision making, promoting person-centred care, hope, recovery and social inclusion reach out to our communities and create an environment that is open, built on compassionate and caring relationships, where power is shared and values such as, equal rights, equal dialogue (exchange of views, ideas and concerns), dignity and respect are upheld Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 4 demonstrate that everyone is included and that we proactively advance equalities and promote good relations between different groups (Equality Act 2010) work more closely with our partners and communities to learn more about how we can best meet the needs of people from particular communities or REGARDS groups. REGARDS is our way of remembering the 9 protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2012 - Race, Gender, Gender Identity, Age, Religion/belief, Disability, Sexual Orientation, Marriage & Civil Partnership and Pregnancy & Maternity. raise awareness of the issues of mental health, stigma, discrimination and inequalities, particularly for seldom heard or vulnerable groups Introduction ensure our staff are engaged; feel connected and have a good experience of working for us. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 5 2 Our Approach We have joined up the different strands of engagement activity that are currently taking place e.g. patient experience, staff engagement and wider community engagement. Horizontal and vertical embedding across our trust levels should ensure that engagement is hardwired into our relationships, processes and structures. This will ensure a solid approach across the organisation and enable us to use and share resources, information and feedback to drive improvements and ensure that care delivery focuses on the needs and preferences of patients, carers and local communities. Internal relationships/channels External relationships/channels Operational Strategic Patient experience activity “The lived experience” Our Approach Using engagement to drive improvements in service quality and outcomes Patients and Carers Consumers of our services Service Improvement Staff Community Engagement Partners, Public Members Voluntary and Community groups We will know if we have achieved our vision by demonstrating year on year improvements in our quality of care and outcomes, engagement and experience activity and evidence of increased levels of confidence and trust reported by all of our stakeholders. This framework will be applied across the four organisational levels: Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 6 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Corporate Division or Service Team, Ward or Service Individual This document is divided into a number of sections devoted to each engagement strand and designed around the following key headings: Our Approach Why we are doing it? What we need to do to achieve our goal and by when? (performance measure) How we will do it (the process)? Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 7 3 3.1 Patient Experience Why Engage with Patients and Carers? Engaging with Patients and carers means that we have the opportunity to learn from their feedback in order for their experiences to influence the ways in which services are provided and improved upon. We do this by building on a „do with‟ approach rather than a „do to‟. By using this approach we can be sure that the patient needs are always at the centre of our service delivery improvement plans. The Health Service Ombudsman‟s report, „Listening and Learning‟, described an inconsistent and at times unacceptable approach by some NHS organisations to complaints handling. Good complaints handling is really important in ensuring a culture in the NHS where patients are listened to and organisations learn from mistakes. NHS organisations must actively seek out, respond positively and improve services in line with patient feedback. This includes acting on complaints, patient comments, local and national surveys and results from “real time” information gathering such as internet based questionnaires, discussion forums or paper surveys. Patients and carers should feel that services are integrated and co-ordinated and this should form part of survey questions. The Government announced in its response to the NHS Future Forum on 20 June 2011 that it would introduce a “Duty of Candour”, a new contractual requirement on providers of NHS funded care to be open and transparent with patients and service users in admitting mistakes. 3.2 What we need to do to achieve our goal The performance measures we will use to demonstrate delivery of outcome/s from 2012 -2015 Level 1: Corporate What we need to do to achieve our goal The How Performance Measure Complaints monitoring Concerns monitoring Positive feedback and compliments monitoring Serious Untoward Incident reviews Carers Forum Mental Health Action Group involvement in projects Derbyshire Voice involvement in projects. From our engagement meetings through to local health community stakeholder meetings and national patient surveys it demonstrates that we are open, reflective and responsive to the views of service users. This process is reviewed yearly. Thematic reviews of information gathered from all feedback will enable actions feeding straight into the Divisional structure support a „You said, we did‟ approach. This is reported on a quarterly cycle. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 8 Patient Experience The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2012/2013 - Domain 4: Ensuring people have a positive experience of care stated in section 2.27: “Each patient‟s experience is the final arbiter in everything the NHS does.” Patient Survey Action Group Monitoring against national drivers: Mid Staffordshire Report NICE guidance Delivering Dignity 74 Deaths and Counting We will see a decrease in complaints & concerns regarding involvement in care planning. April 2011 – February 2012 30 complaints were raised in respect to care planning. We will see a reduction to the value of 25% in year 1 and a further year on year reduction (30% 2014, 35% 2015). We received 600 compliments for 2011-12, we will see a 20% increase in by 2012-13. 25% increase 2014 & a 35% increase in 2015. This is by way of receiving more positive feedback having rolled out customer care training and also by highlighting under reporting across our Trust. We will see year on year improvement across the 4 EDS goals and our rating. - progressing from „developing‟ to „excelling‟ by 2015. The How Divisional Engagement Meeting Acute Care Forum Drugs &Therapeutic Live EIA PEAT – ensure patients attends future visits Clinical Reference Groups What we need to do to achieve our goal Performance Measure These methods improve communication between patients, carers and staff are a tangible demonstration that the quality of care as reflected in the experience of our patients is a top priority. All actions will be in embedded by May 2012. We will see year on year improvement in our Divisional EDS ratings - progressing from „developing‟ to „excelling‟ by 2015. Annual Divisional EDS assessment and improvement action plans. Level 3: Team, ward or service What we need to do to achieve our goal The How Performance Measure Multi-Disciplinary Meetings & Ward Rounds Secret shopper within crisis & home treatment teams Board to Ward Core Care Standards implementation Recruitment & Selection Training Patient Experience Leads within These systems enable patients & carers to shape & influence the services that they use. We will see a decrease in complaints & concerns regarding staff attitude. We received 600 compliments for 2011-12; we will see a 20% increase in by 2012-13 due to the roll out of customer care training 25% increase 2014 & a 35% increase in 2015. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 9 Patient Experience Level 2: Division all clinical settings Continued audit of patient care through robust supervision, case discussion & case file audit We will see a 500% increase in concerns being addressed without the need for a formal investigation by 2015 Level 4: Individual What we need to do to achieve our goal. The How Performance Measure Effective care plan coordination through CPA or named nurse The independent interviewing of BME patients within services to gather qualitative information about individual experience that is fed back into service improvement - carried out in partnership with Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Mental Health Forum (CQIN L4) This process informs planning and service improvement and helps us target the health needs of both current and future patients and carers. They help our organisation to provide an accessible and responsive service based on people‟s identified needs/wants and puts the patient at the centre. Auditing of application will act as an indicator that our strategic plans and objectives are having the desired impact. We will see an improvement in patient surveys particularly with regard to Care Planning and being involved in their care. 68% of service users stated that they were involved in the care planning. 54% of service users said they had a care plan. We will see a significant improvement in year up to the value of 95% by 2013 patient survey results with on-going maintenance of this target in year 2014 & 2015. 2012 Risk, CPA & Records audit results indicate only 1/3 of service users had been offered a copy of their care plan. In year 1 (12/13) we will see an increase to 75% of service users being offered a copy of their care plan, 2014 target of 95%, maintained in 2015. We will see an improvement in the co-production of care planning. We will continue to see a month on month improvement in Net Promoter scores for the Golden Question. Baseline has been set at +36.66% April 2012. This will improve to + 45% by March 2013 We will see an increase in recognised carer involvement – in the County this would be an increase in referrals for assessment, in the city this would be an increase in assessments being offered & undertaken. Bench mark data required broken down by County Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 10 Patient Experience Care planning & evaluation Core care standards implementation Volunteers within service areas Patient survey Advocacy Involve patients in policy development Golden Question Floor walk Wednesdays Values Exchange Real Time Surveys Council and Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust – June 2012. Independent face-to-face interviews with 80% BME service users in the designated settings. Detailed joint analysis of BME patient interviews and recommendations for change having been fed into appropriate service improvement structures with action plan for implementation.(CQIN L4) We will see a maintenance of 7 day follow up performance (2011/12 data indicates 99.24% against a target of 95%) We will see a maintenance of performance regarding CPA reviews (2011/12 data indicates 97.35% against a target of 95%) Patient Experience We will see a maintenance of Crisis Team Gatekeeping performance (2011/12 data indicates 100% against a target of 90%) Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 11 4 Community Engagement 4.1 Why are we engaging with the wider community? Our goal is to make engagement everyone‟s business so that we reach a better understanding and are more in tune with the needs of all the communities we serve. Our plans and service delivery will be informed and guided by the understanding and insights that all aspects of the community can contribute. We will be accessible and involve everyone in shaping local services to meet individual needs and achieve better outcomes. As a result, people will be more empowered and better able to use services. Most importantly, we will have made a positive difference to peoples‟ lives by improving social inclusion, fairness, dignity, hope, recovery and independence. We will actively work together with our partners, service users, carers, voluntary and community sector groups and the wider community to give people a voice and make sure that everyone counts. In this framework „Community‟ can include: Communities of Place – people in a defined area like Derby, Derbyshire or a neighbourhood. Communities of Interest – people who share a particular experience, interest or characteristic, such as carers, service users, young people, faith groups, older people, disabled people, ethnic groups, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. People often belong to more than one community and communities are nearly always diverse. This framework includes all communities. 4.3 What is community engagement? Community engagement is about working together and talking to people about their health needs and listening to what they have to say about our services and how we can develop joint outcomes. Effective community engagement is a lever for improving quality and has a significant role to play as it acknowledges the existence of inequalities and barriers to healthcare services. It further recognises that within some communities there is lack of awareness and knowledge around a range of health and social care issues and services. Stigma and denial exist around some of these issues (e.g. mental health, substance misuse) and within some communities. Community engagement also produces evidence that makes sense of local population needs and health statistics so that services can be designed to meet people‟s needs. 4.4 What we need to do to achieve our goal? The performance measures we will use to demonstrate delivery of outcome/s from 2012 -2015. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 12 Community Engagement 4.2 What do we mean by wider community? Level 1: Corporate The How What we need to do to achieve our goal and by when Performance Measure Chairman and senior manager visits–a programme of on-going engagement visits with REGARDS organisations to address issues of access and stigma. (CQUIN) Board template and quality visits to include REGARDS – Board members to actively ask about equality and REGARDS implications and seek assurance that groups affected by our decisions have been proactively engaged from the beginning and that the board have a full understanding of the equality risks to patients and staff. Sustainable relationships with key community stakeholders Assistant Director of Engagement devotes half a day a week to maintain relationships and ensures introductions and links are made with appropriate internal leads (senior and operational managers/leads). Equalities, Engagement, Experience and Enablement Committee (4Es) to oversee and Centralised Customer Relationship Management Database in place by September 2012. Increase in the number of relationships with community groups segmented by REGARDS and geographical area from last year. (25% increase year on year) Community Engagement Log to record all community engagement activity by December 2012. Year on year increase in visits to REGARDS community groups and faith centres. Faith leaders/key leads report a positive improvement in the perception of our Trust (trust and confidence) from last previous year (50%, 75% & 100% by 2015). (CQUIN) Evidence of 20% increase in Mental Health awareness sessions delivered to REGARDS community groups to reduce stigma. (CQUIN) Year on year Improvement of REGARDS and engagement implications noted in papers presented to the board and in meeting notes. Evidence of actions to address gaps or deficits (50%, 75% & 100% by 2015). Annual report, Quality Account, Annual Members Meeting –year on year increase in inclusion of REGARDS, membership and attendance. Increase the number of „focused‟ and „purposeful‟ engagement and health events in line with key diversity days & REGARDS compared to last year. Year on year Increase in Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust representation at external community and health engagement events (50%, 75% & 100% by 2015). 4Es membership representative of REGARDS, 3rd sector and geographical area. 90% members report that engagement and relationships have improved Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 13 Community Engagement High level stakeholder analysis completed and Customer Relationship Leads assigned to engage with key stakeholders in line with the power and influence of stakeholder (matrix) – completed by the Board February 2012. Centralised Customer Relationship Management Database commissioned – Assistant Director Business Strategy by July 2012. Attendance at Health & Well-being Board and sub-groups – Acting Chief Executive and Assistant Director Engagement. Derbyshire Community Health Equality Panel (DCHEP – voluntary sector alliance responsible for moderating our Equality Delivery System grades and evidence) – Assistant Director Engagement ensures the group is kept informed of the work of the Trust. and increase in confidence in our approach. Engagement is seen as key to influencing decisions and helping to shape services. DCHEP agree with our EDS rating and report positively on our engagement. EDS grading increases to achieving (green) by 2013 and excelling (purple) by 2015. Connect magazine – at least 3 items per publication to include reference to engagement with REGARDS and voluntary and community sector organisations. The number of collaborative events with partners to ensure effective working and minimising consultation fatigue. Improvement in the number of public governor „surgeries‟ segmented by REGARDS and geographical area. Year on year increase 50%, 75% and 100% by year 3. Derbyshire Diversity Network and the Strategic Health Authority Inclusion Board (network of health community equality leads) Assistant Director Engagement continues to lead/attend local, regional and national forums. Multi-agency Derbyshire Inclusion Leads Network – Assistant Director Engagement devotes time to contribute and share good practice. Public Governors are responsible for engaging with their constituents – each governor devotes time to hold public surgeries in their respective geographical areas. Public Governors to spend time understanding and mapping their local population and communities leads in their geographical areas and target key stakeholders. Partnership working with 3rd sector Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 14 Community Engagement monitor implementation of the Engagement and Experience Framework. Community Engagement subgroup to map current community engagement activity across our organisation. - Service Level Agreement with SDVSMHF – Community Equalities Officer to support engagement work. Launch of REGARDS wheel and respect campaign – Chairman & Assistant Director Engagement from June 2012. Equality Delivery Framework and objectives drive service improvement and includes engagement of REGARDS groups as required by Equality Act 2010. Ensuring proactive use of REGARDS wheel and prompts. What we need to do to achieve our goal. Performance Measure The number of REGARDS and seldom heard groups represented at meetings within the Divisions. Ensuring proactive REGARDS and seldom heard groups‟ representation and involvement at divisional engagement forums and meetings. Divisional annual EDS improvement plans show delivery of defined objectives and improvement in outcomes and engagement for REGARDS. EDS grading increases to achieving (green) by 2013 and excelling (purple by 2015). Equality Impact Analysis (EIA) and proactive engagement of REGARDS affected by service development and pathways. The number of Equality Impact Analysis of service changes and policies carried out as part of the decision making process from the beginning – which enables us to have a full understanding of the equality risks to patients and staff. Evidence of 100% increase in the engagement of REGARDS and seldom heard groups affected by service change and decisions. The How Divisional Annual EDS selfassessment and improvement plans to address gaps and improve outcomes evidence segmented by REGARDS and engagement activity by April 2012. Number of equality monitoring trainers and increase in number of staff trained within each division. 90% of target group trained by March 2013. Equality monitoring training programme and electronic guide – lead trainers nominated to cascade training within their division and areas. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 15 Community Engagement Level 2: Division Level 3: Team, ward or service The How What we need to do to achieve our goal Performance Measure REGARDS annual calendar of learning events and cultural events. LIVE Equality Impact Analysis (environment and 5 senses assessment) undertaken at Hartington Unit, Kedleston Unit, Melbourne House, Cherry Tree Close and Cubley Court). Swartz rounds – teams/staff have protected time to meet and discuss quality practice Production of annual Multi-faith calendar by December 2013 - evidence of calendar being used to inform care planning and delivery. The number of LIVE EIAs and representation of REGARDS and seldom heard groups. Timely production of “you said, we did” feedback report shared with REGARDS cohort. Evaluation report of EIA process and group reports positive feedback and confidence that suggestions have been acted upon. Quality of EIAs - REGARDS intelligence including published research, internal data and evidence from diverse stakeholders taken into account. Manager ensures that this REGARDS intelligence is not ignored, but directly informs action to plan and improve services. Increase in number of cultural and diversity events within the service areas and involvement of REGARDS groups. . Level 4: Individual The How What we need to do to achieve our goal Performance Measure Training Passport Swartz rounds – teams/staff have protected time to meet and discuss quality practice. 90% compliance with E-learning Diversity training and Equality & Cultural Competency Training. CRM updated with named senior lead – 90% improvement in community and key stakeholders contacts. Staff have dedicated time to attend training and specific REGARDS workshops to enhance understanding of issues and engagement particularly with seldom heard groups in their Equality monitoring 90% compliant by March 2013. geographical area. Managers and leads maintain and sustain community relationships with key stakeholders in accordance with their specialist T2 „Making a difference as a leader‟ leadership event report and attendance on 31st May 2013. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 16 Community Engagement Multi-faith calendar and geographical area. Equality monitoring policy and training to be developed by subgroup, led by Assistant Director Engagement. Launch and map national Equality Competency Leadership Framework at T2 Leadership event in May 2012. Implementation of Equality Competency Leadership Framework action plan to address gaps and leadership competencies by September 2012. Evidence that Equality Competency Leadership Framework competencies are embedded and included in mainstream leadership development programmes (AD Leadership) Community Engagement Deputy Director Workforce and Assistant Director Leadership to develop Equality Competency Leadership Framework Action plan to address gaps and leadership competencies from initial diagnostic by July 2012. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 17 5 Engaging our staff 5.1 Why engage with staff? Our goal is to ensure our staff are engaged; feel connected and have a good experience of working for us. The need to create an engaged, motivated workforce is one of the key components of our People Strategy. Over the recent years there have been developments in linkages between employee engagement, quality of care and improved productivity. A European study undertaken by Tower Perrin in 2004 showed employees who could identify with their CEO in two-way communication, who were able to instil business priorities and understand their role and contribution scored high on indicators such as customer satisfaction. “Leadership, line management and the employee voice are key enablers of engagement, and the correlation between engagement, wellbeing and performance is repeated too often for it to be a coincidence.” Engagement is therefore an essential ingredient in meeting the challenges facing the NHS and subsequently our Trust, in particular to secure efficiency savings and achieve the outcomes our patients expect. NHS organisations with high levels of staff engagement tend to have reduced sickness absence levels and overall better performance. Employee engagement can be viewed as a combination of commitment to the organisation and its values and extra discretionary effort (organisational citizenship). Kim and Mauborgne (2005) describe engagement as: Expectation – involving individuals in decisions by inviting their input and encouraging them to challenge one another‟s ideas Explanation – Clarifying the thinking behind final decisions Expectation Clarity – stating the new rules of the game, including performance standards, penalties for failure and new responsibilities For the Trust to achieve its Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) objectives and address the challenges ahead, the organisation needs to move from managers only owning the agenda, to one where our staff are fully engaged and not only have ownership of our Trust but are passionate about its future and what happens within it. Therefore, engagement will be a main pillar of our People Strategy for the coming years. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 18 Engaging our staff A more recent study conducted by the CIPD which involved private and public sector organisations, highlighted that employees who were engaged performed better, were more innovative, enjoyed a greater level of wellbeing and were more likely to act as organisational advocates. In 2009 the Government published the report of a review on employee engagement (MacLeod review) which concluded that: 5.1 Creating our Employee Voice Engagement should not be viewed as just improving communication but using engagement opportunities with staff to shape our decisions and strategic approaches. Successful engagement will need commitment and visible support from the Board, Executives, managers and supervisors at every level of the organisation. Our leadership and management development is underpinned by the core principles of employee engagement and will be one of the main indicators for evaluating our leadership strategy. One element of our approach is the creation of an employee engagement sub-group, which is accountable to the Workforce Strategy Group. The sub-group comprises of a cross section of representatives from the organisation including one of our staff governors, junior doctors, communication expertise and staff side representatives. Work will be undertaken to understand how we engage with our workforce and to shape a series of engagement opportunities. The group will explore good practice from private, public sector and other NHS organisations to develop our approaches. Engagement has to underpin all our activities and will require changes in style, attitude and behaviour throughout the organisation. Whilst the leadership and management development programmes have engagement as a central key element, it has to be embedded into the fabric of the organisation through role modelling behaviour, visibility of our executive team and senior managers, listening to our staff etc. One of the key tools for measuring staff engagement is the national staff survey. Since 2003 the Trust has conducted the staff survey providing a wealth of data on where the organisation needs to focus its efforts to assist in creating the employee voice. It is important that staff views are sought on a continual basis rather than just on an annual basis and therefore in collaboration with the quality department, work will be undertaken to obtain real time information from our staff through the use of the Values Exchange survey tool. The „Values Exchange survey tool‟ is a piece of software that can be used by any health professional and can be arranged in any number of groupings in order to undertake a comprehensive review on a host of topics providing real-time information. The Values Exchange can be used for surveys or issues that require further analyses. This will assist the organisation to obtain specific information from either patients and staff or both. This approach will also enable the organisation to correlate responses from our patients and our workforce. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 19 Engaging our staff We have begun to shape a number of initiatives which form the foundations of our Employee Voice. For example the Quality Visits facilitate a discussion between the Trust leaders and members of staff around the services they provide, with a focus on recognising good practice and discussing improvements. Our organisation has also adopted approaches such as „You said, we did‟ which provides a systematic approach to providing feedback and responses to people‟s questions, comments or queries. The Chief Executive has undertaken a series of road shows to engage and discuss the challenges the organisation will need to address. 5.2 Staff Side Partnership Our staff side partners will play a key role in developing our employee‟s voice. Our staff side representatives already have a voice in to the organisation‟s decisions through relevant forums such as the Workforce Strategy Group, the Health & Wellbeing Group, the Engagement sub-group, in addition to their involvement in the Trust‟s formal joint consultation and negotiation machinery. Our Trust has always recognised the value of staff side representation and has established agreements for providing the necessary time off for them to undertake these duties. Building on these agreements, the organisation will be creating a set of principles which balances the formal trade union role with organisational citizenship objectives, supported by clear development plans. 5.3 What we need to do to achieve our goal. What we need to do to achieve our goal The How Performance Measure Trust Values development in partnership with staff. Launch 22 May 2012. Value based recruitment and assessment People Strategy - key goal is to look workforce engagement. Leadership Strategy Quality Visits – lead by Directors (includes Non-Executive Directors and senior managers) Listening events (26 areas) – senior team meet service managers Directors “Walk in their shoes” - shadowing staff. EDS diagnostic and rating for Goal 4: Empowered, engaged and well supported staff - diagnostic undertaken in partnership with staff and shared with staff-side. EDS improvement action plan includes: reviewing and developing Human Resource Policy to ensure equality outcomes Evidence of values is embedded in behaviours and processes such as recruitment & selection. Individual Performance Reviews – audit of quality of process rather than quantity. Implementation of action plan and evidence of where we are engaging staff in decision making. Evaluation of strategy by internal audit to measure impact and if it‟s starting to make a difference. External evaluation by Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC) – annual review commencing Oct 2012. Walk in their shoes – 4 visits per year by each director Staff survey – 10% year on year improvement. Quality visits - minimum of 16 visits per Director by March 2013. (80 areas) We would expect to see year on year improvement across the 4 EDS goals. More specifically our EDS rating for Goal 4: Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 20 Engaging our staff The performance measures we will use to demonstrate delivery of outcome/s from 2012 -2015 Level 1: Corporate Ensuring our workforce Information is inclusive of all protected characteristics and reflects all areas of the employment pathway from labour market to leaving the organisation. workforce data collection exercise and analysis (commencing April 2012) Review of Recruitment & Selection process – introduction of „Values Based Recruitment (includes service users and carers) Empowered, engaged and well supported staff progressing from „developing‟ to „excelling‟ by 2015. We would expect to see evidence that workforce data and progressive human resource policies are used to identify and address any areas of staff/workforce related inequalities within our organisation. Level 2: Division What we need to do to achieve our goal Performance Measure T2 Leadership events for Bands 7upwards held on alternate months. Number of events (6), feedback from attendees and PWC review. T2 Leadership events for Bands 5/6 (operational staff) held on alternate months commencing June 2012. Number of events (6), Number of bands 5/6 nominated by managers, feedback from attendees and PWC review. Leadership Programme for Consultants (12 months module – commencing September 2012. Feedback from attendees, presentation to Directors, Coaching programme delivered to 100 senior managers. Evaluate and re-run 360 a year later and map. To schedule 360 degree feedback for all managers (including directors) to ensure that leaders actively demonstrate the expected behaviours and values of our organisation. Evidence that the national Competency Framework for Equality & Diversity Leadership is delivered and embedded in mainstream leadership development programmes. (AD Leadership) Inclusive leadership at all levels – implementation of Competency Framework for Equality & Diversity Leadership. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 21 Engaging our staff The How Level 3: Team, ward or service The How What we need to do to achieve our goal Performance Measure Project to map people engagement activity within divisions to identify potential areas of good practice and gaps by July 2012 Team meetings Team building days. Level 4: Individual What we need to do to achieve our goal. The How Performance Measure Evidence through IPR documentation. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal Engaging our staff Individual Performance Review – performance management of inclusive and engaging - (national Competency Framework for Equality & Diversity 5 competencies) 22 Monitoring the implementation of the Engagement and Patient Experience Framework This framework sets our commitment to engagement and experience so that the organisation‟s approach is „open and sincere‟ and clearly understood by all stakeholders. The actions set out in this document are focused on building on-going, successful working and caring relationships with all stakeholders who are interested or affected by what the Trust does and are empowered to participate in and influence decision making. Our Trust does not intend to do this passively, peoples‟ needs are better met when they are involved in equal and mutual relationships with professionals and others, working together to get things done - by being „better together’. Our quality account states our intention to seek feedback from service users and carers, listening to feedback and acting upon this. The generation of real time feedback remains a priority as we work to improve the patient and carer experience of care delivery. We will be developing our expertise over the lifetime of this framework so that use of data becomes routine and key part of on-going process of service and care delivery approach. 6.1 How will this framework be monitored? This framework will be monitored through the Trust governance process, by 4Es and delivered across the four organisational levels. This will ensure engagement is owned and that services and care delivery is designed, delivered around the needs of the patient, carers and the community. Our Equalities, Engagement, Experience and Enablement Committee (4Es), which consists of members of the community, service user and carer forums, staff and representatives from the voluntary and community sector, has created an exciting opportunity for joint working with all our stakeholders and most importantly has established clear routes to enable them to hold us to account for the delivery of the framework, the NHS Constitution pledges and the Equality Delivery System (EDS). Our EDS baseline assessment will be used to demonstrate performance through evidence and outcomes. Our equality performance will be improved if we can show we have listened to and engaged with patients, carers, voluntary organisations and staff and identified where improvements can be made and acted on these findings. We will then see year on year improvement across the 4 EDS goals and our rating progressing from „developing‟ to „excelling‟ by 2015. Our Equality Impact Analysis takes account of REGARDS intelligence including published research, internal data and evidence from diverse stakeholders. We will ensure that this REGARDS intelligence is not ignored, but directly informs action to plan and improve services. The staff engagement elements will be overseen by the Workforce and Organisational Development Group. This framework and plan will be reviewed annually and amended accordingly to reflect changes in the organisation, workforce and environment. Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 23 Monitoring the implementation of the Engagement and Patient Experience Framework 6 This framework supports the delivery of privacy, dignity, equitable and culturally sensitive and age appropriate services to tackle discrimination and unequal access to services. It makes the link with quality – personalised care, improving service experience, access and outcomes. It recognises that the cornerstone of tackling inequalities is delivering truly personalised approach that identifies the specific needs of each individual, family and carer. It acknowledges that all people including all those protected characteristics (REGARDS) should have confidence that the services and treatment they receive is equitable and safe. Our EDS action plan contains priority areas derived from our EDS baseline. We recognise that more robust monitoring and an accurate profile of our local community can lead to better understanding of how services can be improved to meet REGARDS needs. The Equality Monitoring group (subgroup of 4Es Committee) has been charged with improving the volume and accuracy of equality information and ensure it is routinely used and making services and information more accessible. We recognise the need to focus on the most disadvantaged and those who experience the poorest outcomes. We will ensure that appropriate methods for the target group (s), particularly for REGARDS and „seldom heard‟ groups are adopted. We have launched our REGARDS and respect wheel which has been designed as a tool to develop a deeper understanding of individual and community needs and opportunities for targeted service delivery, especially with groups that face disadvantage and/or health related risk factors. It will ensure that equality and engagement is systematically considered across the system. We will also use the national „Good engagement practice for the NHS‟ guide to help inform our approach and the methods of engagement. This guide provides practical tips, checklists and examples around good engagement with protected characteristics that are protected under the Equality Act 2012. www.eastmidlands.nhs.uk/a bout-us/inclusion/eds/goodengagement-practice-forthe-nhs Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 24 Monitoring the implementation of the Engagement and Patient Experience Framework 6.2 Equality Impact Analysis The analysis suggests a positive impact on all groups, as the framework is designed to improve engagement by placing emphasis on outcomes and transparency through proactive engagement. It is important to note that this framework does not analyse actual methods of engagement, but is designed to ensure that people are not overlooked and drives improvement by focusing on achieving priority outcomes and measuring success through analysis of data and feedback/out puts data (segmented by REGARDS). 7 Acknowledgements Angela Kerry & Emmanuel Williams, Southern Derbyshire Voluntary Sector MH Forum. Roger Kerry, North Derbyshire Voluntary Sector Forum Elaine Jackson, South Derbyshire Carers Forum Catherine Ingram, Nikki Rhodes, Jonathan Norton & Gary Brown, Derbyshire Voice Dawn Longden-Whiting, Making Space Amarjit Raju,& Martin Austen, Disability Syndicate/Equality & Human Rights Partnership Christine Williamson, Public Governor Maura Teager, Tony Smith & Lesley Thompson, Non-Executive Directors David Briggs, Derbyshire LINKs Andy Cave, Derbyshire Friend (Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual) Karen Duke, Derbyshire Centre Integrated Living/Derbyshire Disability Action Network Steve Studham, Derby City LINk Siobhan Spencer, Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Association. Phil Binding, Mental Health Action Group Gillian Sewell, YMCA Kirit Mistry, Derby & Derbyshire Race Equality Commission, BME Network & Derbyshire Community Health Equality Panel Margaret Spencer, Disability Employment Project Office (Derbyshire County Council) Dr Phil Henry, Multi-Faith Centre at the University of Derby Malcolm Grieve, North Derbyshire Carers Forum Ferid Kevric, Bosnian & Herzegovina Association & New Communities in Social Enterprise Derbyshire Tony Michael, Hadhari Project. Beth Seymour, Transgender Network Trust Chaplaincy & Spirituality Services Trust Equality, Engagement, Experience & Engagement Committee (4Es) Trust Workforce & Organisational Development Group (includes staff side representatives). Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 25 Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following colleagues who have shared this document with their respective networks and for their expertise in the development of this framework. If you would like this document in another format that would better suit your needs or in another language, then please contact: Harinder Dhaliwal, Assistant Director of Engagement Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Trust HQ, Bramble House, Kingsway Site, Kingsway, Derby DE22 3LZ Tel: 01332 623700 ext 3387. Harinder.dhaliwal@derbyshcft.nhs.uk Engagement & Patient Experience Framework ratified 28.5.2012 updated Dec 2012 H Dhaliwal 26