4.5 Service capacity - Demand and Resource Analysis 2015/16 4.5.1 The Trust will continue to focus on working with a range of other health and social care professionals to develop integrated care pathways that span home, primary, community, and acute care settings and which ensure that the patient is treated in the acute phase by the right clinical staff in the right care setting, that unnecessary admissions to hospital and care homes are avoided and social problems do not inadvertently become medicalised. 4.5.2 On a service line basis, the Trust will have four key strategies: Focus on excellence and compete Collaborate with another provider to ensure service user safety and service resilience whilst maintaining access Withdraw from the market offer local hosted service – Continue to offer local hosted service 4.5.3 The Trust will continue to deliver all contractual and national standards. Elective access targets will be maintained, achieving all 18 week targets at speciality level. Emergency access targets will be achieved supported through continued focus on reducing length of stay and readmissions. All eight cancer targets will be achieved, working across pathways to ensure timely treatment of cancer patients. 4.5.4 Summary Activity requirements 2015/16 Outpatient procedure recording commenced during 2014/15. This activity transferred from First and Follow up Activity. In June 2014 the GP surgery based at Weston General Hospital closed and the services were transferred from CareUK to Weston Area Health Trust. 4.5.5 Summary workforce requirements 2015/16 4.5.5.1 Effective people management is embedded as a key component in leading and supporting change in the organisation. It is recognised that it is the people who deliver service who will be the most important factor in delivering service quality, supporting service change and in the transition to a new organisation. 4.5.5.2 Particular emphasis will continue to be given to ensuring that sufficient and appropriate information is available for staff during the transition. The Trust will also focus on: Ensuring the workforce profile is updated regularly Proactive management of the existing workforce and addressing resource consequences Developing innovative recruitment and retention strategies for all staff groups Risk assessments in terms of implications to service delivery arising from workforce supply difficulties Ensuring sufficient information is available to plan the learning and development of the workforce, so that appropriate use is made of available funding
4.5 Service capacity - Demand and Resource Analysis 2015/16 4.5.1 The Trust will continue to focus on working with a range of other health and social care professionals to develop integrated care pathways that span home, primary, community, and acute care settings and which ensure that the patient is treated in the acute phase by the right clinical staff in the right care setting, that unnecessary admissions to hospital and care homes are avoided and social problems do not inadvertently become medicalised. 4.5.2 On a service line basis, the Trust will have four key strategies: Focus on excellence and compete Collaborate with another provider to ensure service user safety and service resilience whilst maintaining access Withdraw from the market – offer local hosted service Continue to offer local hosted service 4.5.3 The Trust will continue to deliver all contractual and national standards. Elective access targets will be maintained, achieving all 18 week targets at speciality level. Emergency access targets will be achieved supported through continued focus on reducing length of stay and readmissions. All eight cancer targets will be achieved, working across pathways to ensure timely treatment of cancer patients. 4.5.4 Summary Activity requirements 2015/16 Outpatient procedure recording commenced during 2014/15. This activity transferred from First and Follow up Activity. In June 2014 the GP surgery based at Weston General Hospital closed and the services were transferred from CareUK to Weston Area Health Trust. 4.5.5 Summary workforce requirements 2015/16 4.5.5.1 Effective people management is embedded as a key component in leading and supporting change in the organisation. It is recognised that it is the people who deliver service who will be the most important factor in delivering service quality, supporting service change and in the transition to a new organisation. 4.5.5.2 Particular emphasis will continue to be given to ensuring that sufficient and appropriate information is available for staff during the transition. The Trust will also focus on: Ensuring the workforce profile is updated regularly Proactive management of the existing workforce and addressing resource consequences Developing innovative recruitment and retention strategies for all staff groups Risk assessments in terms of implications to service delivery arising from workforce supply difficulties Ensuring sufficient information is available to plan the learning and development of the workforce, so that appropriate use is made of available funding