Dates of announced visit
Thursday 23 May and Friday 24 May 2013
Location
Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Fountain Street
Ashton under Lyne
OL6 9RW
0161 922 6000
Parking
Parking spaces (incl. 2 disabled spaces) on the Darnton Road Car Park have been reserved. Access to the car park is via a barrier – please press the intercom button and announce that you are from the Sir Bruce Keogh Review team
Attendees
Panel: Chaired by Gill Harris, Chief Nurse, NHS England (North)
Medical
Roger Hall, Doctor
Gavin Nicol, Doctor
Gulzar Mufti, Doctor
Tom Foley, Junior Doctor
Panel support team:
Observers:
Nursing Lay representatives Senior managers and CQC
Mike Wright, Board Level Nurse
Helen Carter, Senior Nurse
Steve McNeice, Lay Representative
David Tompkins, Lay Representative
Damian RIley, Senior Regional
Support
Chris Harrop, Senior Trust
Manager
Sarah Weight, Student Nurse Margaret Hughes, Lay Representative
Jackie Wilkinson, Lay Representative
Jeanette Berry, CQC Inspector
Sally Bassett (Quality Governance Support); Carolyn Clark (Independent Moderator); Rob Halewood (PMO Support);
Gaurav Chawla and Alkay Masuwa (Recorders)
Trish Bennett, Steve Allinson
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Please see the joining instructions in a previous section for further details on location, travel and accommodation. In addition, the following have been requested from the Trust:
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Passes to enable access
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Rooms including a lockable base room, second room for private conversations and a third room for drop-in surgeries
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Tea and coffee on arrival and water throughout the day
Please note that the table below is a summary of the site visit agenda. A more detail plan will be provided to panel members which provides guidance on what to focus on in each session.
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DAY 1 – 23 May
Time
08:00 –
09:00
08:15 –
09:00
08:30 –
09:00
9:00 –
11:00
11:00
12:00
11:00
12:00
11:00
12:00
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–
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Agenda
Arrival at Tameside General Hospital
Introductions
Meeting with the review panel Chair and the Trust Executive Group: Christine
Green, Tariq Mahmood, John
Goodenough, Paul Williams, Barbara
Herring, David Wilkinson, Gillian Parker and Melissa Laskey
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Panel documentation review (remaining panel members to attend focus groups, observations, etc.)
Interview 1:
 Chief Executive – Christine Green
 Chair – Paul Connellan
Interview 2:
 Chair of Quality and Clinical
Governance Committee – Tricia
Kalloo
 Director of Nursing and Infection
Control – John Goodenough
 Patient Safety Lead – Dr R Kitson
Interview 3:
 Deputy Director of Nursing and
Patient Experience – Beverley
Tabernacle
 Senior Nurse Safeguarding Adults –
Naz Khadim
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Time Agenda
9:00 –
10:00
Staff focus group:
 Junior nurses (Bands 5 & 6)
10:00 –
11:00
Observations of a general medicine ward
(one of the below):
- Ward 43
- Ward 41 (Gen. Med./Diabetes)
- Ward 30
11:00 –
13:00
Observations of Surgical unit and/or Ward
40- Respiratory and/or Ward 42-
Gastroenterology
12:00 –
13:00
Interview 5:
 Medical Director – Tariq Mahmood
 Director of Nursing and Infection
Control – John Goodenough
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14:00 –
16:00
14:00 –
15:00
14:00 –
16:00
14:00 –
16:00
Time Agenda
12:00 –
13:00
Interview 6:
 Director of Finance – Barbara Herring
12:00 –
13:00
Interview 7:
 Director of Clinical Services – Paul
Williams
12:00 –
13:00
Staff focus group:
 Junior doctors (Below Registrar)
13:00 –
14:00
END OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Panel-only meeting
LUNCH
14:00
16:00
15:00
16:00
–
16:00 –
17:00
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Drop-in surgery for patients and staff
Staff focus group:
 Senior nurses (Band 7 & above)
Observations of A&E, followed by the medical assessment unit
Observations of a cardiology ward – Ward
31, followed by acute stroke unit – Ward 5 and ward 45
Observations of a general medicine ward
(one of the below):
- Ward 43
- Ward 41 (Gen. Med./Diabetes)
- Ward 30
Followed by Dementia – Ward 44
Observations / interviews at maternity ward – Ward 27
END OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Panel-only meeting
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Time Agenda
17:00 –
17:15
Feedback of any immediate concerns to the Chair and CE
17:00
18:00 –
20:00
18:00 –
20:00
20:30 –
21:30
Media briefing
Patient / public listening event
Observations to be determined earlier in the day, including hand-over(s)
Dinner
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DAY 2 – 24 May
13:30 –
15:30
13:30 –
14:30
13:30 –
14:30
13:30 –
14:30
13:30 –
14:30
13:30 –
14:30
Time
8:30 –
9:00
9:00 –
10:00
10:00 –
12:00
10:00 –
12:00
10:00 –
12:00
10:00 –
12:00
10:00 –
12:00
12:00 –
13:30
Agenda
Chair’s catch-up with support team
Panel-only meeting
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Drop-in surgery for patients and staff
Trauma and orthopaedics, followed by
DSEU unit (Endoscopy)
Renal unit, followed by Ante-Natal and
Neo-Natal wards
Paediatrics followed by women’s health unit
Panel-only meeting (subset of the panel)
Panel-only meeting
LUNCH
Drop-in surgery for patients and staff
Matron interview (TBC)
Interview/call with Non-executive director
Staff focus group:
Consultants and Senior Registrars
Interview: Associate Director of Planning and Performance – Melissa Laskey
Interview: Director of Human Resources –
David Wilkinson
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Time Agenda
14:30 –
15:30
14:30 –
15:30
14:30 –
15:30
Interview/call with Non-Executive Director
Interview/call with Non-Executive Director
Interview with Governors (Staff and
Patient Governors)
14:30 –
15:30
14:30 –
15:30
14:30 –
15:30
Interview/call with Non-Executive Director
Interview/call with Non-Executive Director
Flexible session – divisional nurse manager interview (TBC)
14:30 –
15:30
Flexible session interview (TBC)
– lead consultant
14:30 –
15:30
Flexible session interview (TBC)
– lead consultant
15:30 –
17:00
17:00 –
17:30
Panel-only meeting
End of visit feedback to:

Chair

Chief Executive
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