Share your views in staff survey The annual staff survey, which opened in October, is one of the key ways you can share your views about life at LUHFT. We used your feedback from the last survey to look at how we can make Trust-wide improvements for patients and staff. Care group managers can also see results for their teams, and use these to work with their teams on changes at a local level. During the past year our Radiology Departments have used the staff survey results as a starting point for a number of improvements across their teams. “The main thing that we found from the survey was that staff didn’t feel heard or that they were having enough contact with our management teams,” said Daniel Ordidge, Head of Operations – Imaging. “We wanted to make sure we could improve these issues and that our staff got a chance to have their say. So we started introducing more listening activities to talk about the results in more detail. We also introduced management walkarounds, and made sure everyone was having team meetings, to give us more opportunities to speak to each other openly and find out what colleagues were feeling. “Getting more detailed feedback has really helped us improve things for all of our staff so that we can make sure they’re well supported at work. It helped us find some of the gaps in our training processes, and led to a shift in the way we work and oversee our trainees, so that everyone gets more time in different areas and better variety of rotations. This gives our teams better development and role expansion, and means they feel more confident working in a number of different imaging specialities. “There’s so much change taking place at the moment, with integration, the new hospital, the ongoing covid waves, so it's really important to me that our staff get to be involved in the decision making. I’d encourage everyone to complete the survey this year, the feedback really does help us improve and make sure we are listening to your views.” Take this opportunity to share your views in the annual staff survey and help us shape the future of our Trust. For more information visit: www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/annual-staff-survey 4 | LUHFT Life
Our Radiology Teams used the survey feedback to make improvements
Vote for our next governor Our Council of Governors is currently holding elections and, as a staff member, you can vote for our next staff governors. Our governors play an important role in representing the views of other staff members and influence how decisions are made and services are developed. We are holding elections for seats in the following areas: • Allied Health Professionals, Scientists and Technicians – 1 seat • Medical Practitioners and Dentists – 1 seat • Other non-clinical staff – 1 seat Nominations closed on 20 October and voting packs will be sent out in November. If you’re interested in shaping the way we work and ensuring we continue to provide Great Care, you can vote here: www.cesvotes.com/luh2021 Contact the Corporate Governance Team for further details: Corporate.governance@Liverpoolft.nhs.uk.
