✏️ Notes can be found below 📝
Leadership changes: Gareth announced a move to North Manchester, and Zara said she will retire in the new year. A new Finance Director, Dan Haig, is due to join.
MFT priorities: Alison outlined H2’s focus on reducing waiting times in urgent and elective care. Relevant staff were asked to complete RTT training to support accurate patient pathways.
North Manchester development: Design discussions for the new hospital and outpatient centre are ongoing. Helen encouraged staff to take part and share their service expertise.
Service updates and recognition: The new North Manchester MRI scanner enables local scans for children, breast MRI and prostate patients. Katherine also highlighted examples of safe, coordinated anaesthetic care.
Infection prevention and tissue viability: Lorraine reported more than 23,000 referrals over the year and an 80% reduction in invasive Group A strep infections following collaborative improvements; the work was a finalist in the National Nursing Times Awards.
Staff survey and communications: CSS had a 31.5% staff-survey response rate, below its previous performance; Zara urged staff to complete it and highlighted its anonymity. CSS News received around 6,000 views that month.
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