limb vascular assessment held for staff on 3rd and 4th April 2017. Acute Response Team Q4: Q4 £54,057.75 (ART) ICF investment has facilitated the (Pembrokeshire) recruitment of an additional 1.88 WTE Comments received: Band 5 Nurse, 1.4 WTE Band 3 have played such a major “You Nurse and 0.53 WTE Band 3 Admin & part in my recovery and Clerical support, which represents a rehabilitation over the last 11 17.8 % increase in staff ART’s capacity. weeks and for that I am truly Additional staff capacity has grateful”. resulted in increased ART patient for your kindness and “Thanks activity over the past few months. concern over the past 6 weeks In January 2017 the service without your service I would – responded to a record 187 probably still in hospital in referrals, the typical average for Cardiff instead of the comfort October 2017-March 2018 being of my own 150, ranging between 125 and home”. 187 per month. service meant I could “Your The additional staff resource has leave hospital earlier and be facilitated development of a with my young family”. role within the ‘Coordinator’ your service “Thanks, service which is now pivotal in prevented my elderly mother supporting effective liaison ART’s from needing to be admitted”. with acute ward areas, GP’s, service makes total “This community teams, the hospital sense, right care in the right Joint Discharge Team / Discharge Liaison Team etc. place!” This effective liaison now sees ART directly involved in proactively identifying patients suitable for referral to ART and overseeing the coordination of timely acute hospital discharge / uptake to the service from the community.
limb vascular assessment held for staff on 3rd and 4th April 2017. Acute Response Team (ART) (Pembrokeshire) Q4: ICF investment has facilitated the recruitment of an additional 1.88 WTE Band 5 Nurse, 1.4 WTE Band 3 Nurse and 0.53 WTE Band 3 Admin & Clerical support, which represents a 17.8 % increase in ART’s staff capacity. Additional staff capacity has resulted in increased ART patient activity over the past few months. In January 2017 the service responded to a record 187 referrals, the typical average for October 2017-March 2018 being 150, ranging between 125 and 187 per month. The additional staff resource has facilitated development of a ‘Coordinator’ role within the service which is now pivotal in supporting ART’s effective liaison with acute ward areas, GP’s, community teams, the hospital Joint Discharge Team / Discharge Liaison Team etc. This effective liaison now sees ART directly involved in proactively identifying patients suitable for referral to ART and overseeing the coordination of timely acute hospital discharge / uptake to the service from the community. Q4 £54,057.75 Comments received: “You have played such a major part in my recovery and rehabilitation over the last 11 weeks and for that I am truly grateful”. “Thanks for your kindness and concern over the past 6 weeks – without your service I would probably still in hospital in Cardiff instead of the comfort of my own home”. “Your service meant I could leave hospital earlier and be with my young family”. “Thanks, your service prevented my elderly mother from needing to be admitted”. “This service makes total sense, right care in the right place!”
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