Consumer Participation Committee Chair
In April 2023, Margo Wagner, Consumer Representative stood down as Chair of the Ryde Hospital Consumer Participation Committee (CPC) after serving as Chair since February 2017. During her time as Chair, the CPC has enjoyed many successes and made wonderful contributions on strategic and operational priorities for Ryde Hospital. This includes; development of the Patient Welcome Packs, consulta- tion on the Ryde Hospital Clinical Services Plan and Hospital Rede- velopment, review of numerous patient information brochures, partic- ipation on promotional stalls and surveys, and assisting the hospital through two service - wide accreditation assessments (to name just a few). An afternoon tea was held to thank Margo for her leadership and on- going commitment as a Consumer Representative at Ryde Hospital.
NSLHD Nursing Award
Amanda Pereira - Alury won the NSLHD Leadership Award for Nursing & Midwifery Services this month. Amanda is the A/Clinical Nurse Educator on GR4. The awards ceremony was held on 30 May on Level 14 of the Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital. A big congratulations to Amanda.
Leader Listening
Leader Listening has been undertak- en by the Ryde Executive since 2018. It is the opportunity for frontline teams to talk directly to members of the Exec and tell them was is and isn ’ t working from your point of view at Ryde, and most importantly how we can improve. Notes from the meetings are record- ed and items actioned as promised at meetings. These notes are then col- lected and reviewed at the end of the year, and a summary of outcomes created. Some of the changes from April 2022 to March 2023 taken by the Executive as a result of leader listen- ing are; • Established a cost centre cardiac rehab to order stationery
dered the day before to facilitate discharge has been included on the Length of Stay Project • Speech Pathology to provide edu- cation to JMOs facilitated by Dr Webber • Battery operated chainsaw pro- cured for Engineering Services • Mobile duress installed in physio- therapy and SSD • Additional milk supplies to The Chattery • Headsets procured for the IBU team • A laptop procured for Social Work to conduct Guardianship hearings
There will be regular updates on leader listening in the news- letters throughout the year.
• Car park lighting improved
• Nursing staff shortages have been improved with recruitment
• Discharge medications to be or-
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