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Diagnostics Directorate Actions
- 1 Pathway Analysis 02/07/13 31/08/13 60 0% 0 60
1.1 Analysis of clinic/theatre slots v need for diagnostic reports e.g. theatres on a Carina Hume, Chris 02/07/13 31/08/13 60 0% 0 60
Friday for diagnosis by the following Thursday when no 7/7 diagnostic support Vanstone
over the weekend to begin analysis
3.3 Produce briefing paper incorporating information form 2.2 that outlines Chris Vanstone, 12/07/13 26/07/13 14 25% 3 11
investment required to increase capacity safely to support 7 day turnaround - Sarah Hodder
need to review funding available to support this
3.4 Demand management review by clinical divisions to ensure all referrals are via Cancer 25/06/13 Ongoing
appropriate and to understand the changes in practice to explain significant Performance
increases seen in some cancer referrals e.g. increase in MRI referrals from 60 to Group??
800 in a year - linked to 1.1 and data analysis
- 4 Patient Bookings/Referral On the Day Patients are seen in Clinic 25/06/13 31/08/13 67 0 67
4.1 Review CRIS notification - Meeting scheduled 22/7. Simon Harries, 08/07/13 22/07/13 14 0% 0 14
Margaret Huntly
4.2 Implement CRIS notification Margaret Huntly 22/07/13 31/08/13 40
4.3 LG working on US auto vetting. Education of referrers also required Lucy Gill 08/07/13 31/08/13 54 0% 0 54
4.4 Introduction of patient booking slips (post clinic patient visit to collect Heather Morgan 25/06/13 31/07/13 36 0% 0 36
appointment date)
4.5 Dedicated booking clerk for cancer referrals - a point of contact within the team Heather Morgan 25/06/13 31/08/13 67 100% 67 0
who will coordinate patient bookings made via clinic
4.6 Work to be done on establishing "abuse" of orange cards and addressing with Heather Morgan, 08/07/13 31/07/13 23 0% 0 23
relevant referring teams (admin team to referrer and consultant to consultant) Simon Harries
4.6 Additional booking clerk to work twilight (5-8) to phone patients who have been Chris Vanstone, 25/06/13 31/08/13 67 50% 33 34
referred to confirm appointments and fill cancellation slots. Evening deemed Heather Morgan
more successful for catching patients at home/on their mobile - need to review
funding for these additional hours
7.2 One stop clinics for Haematuria - in place Chris Vanstone, 25/06/13 08/07/13 13 100% 13 0
Janet French
7.3 Assess utilisation of haematuria slots available v used Chris Vanstone 08/07/13 31/07/13 23
7.4 Explore one stop clinics for thyroid Chris Vanstone, 08/07/13 31/07/13 23 0% 0 23
Janet French
- 8 OCS 25/06/13 12/07/13 0% 0 0
8.1 Mandate use of OCS for all cancer referrals, ensuring priority 7 is selected Sarah Hodder, Gail 25/06/13 31/07/13 36 0% 0 36
appropriately Marsden
Histology specific actions
- 9 Results Process Histology Results to MDT Coordinators 11/01/13 01/06/13 260 70% 183 77
9.1 System Requirement Gathering Steve Creamer 11/01/13 12/01/13 1 100% 1 0
9.2 Histology System Design Steve Creamer 14/01/13 17/01/13 3 100% 3 0
9.3 Implementation Pilot Phase 1 Steve Creamer 15/01/13 19/04/13 94 100% 94 0
9.4 Implementation Pilot Phase 2 Steve Creamer 16/04/13 03/05/13 17 100% 17 0
9.5 Implementation Pilot Phase 3 Steve Creamer 20/05/13 19/06/13 30 93% 27 3
9.6 Implementation Pilot Phase 4 Steve Creamer 29/07/13 09/08/13 11 0% 0 11
9.7 Completion/Close Down Steve Creamer 27/09/13 28/09/13 1 0% 0 1
- 10 Results Process Ongoing Processes 02/07/13 31/07/13 272 0% 0 272
10.1 Explore ability to extend the contract for SC to cover additional development Carina Hume, 02/07/13 31/07/13 29 0% 0 29
work (approx 6 months) Christian Hamilton
10.2 Explore how to maintain new results system beyond SC contract Carina Hume, 30/09/13 31/03/14 182 0% 0 182
Christian Hamilton
- 11 Pathway Improvement 01/10/13 31/03/14 181 0% 0 181
11.1 Cancer pathway mapping to incorporate histology and specific 'breaching' Steve Creamer 01/10/13 31/03/14 181 0% 0 181
tumour sites v cancer type e.g. timeline for histology to MDT meeting
- 12 Department Operations 01/10/13 TBC 91 0% 0 91
12.1 Look in to the costs and feasibility of 6 day working in Histology Carina Hume 01/10/13 31/12/13 91 0% 0 91
- 5 Key Performance Indicators/Turnaround Times 01/09/13 31/10/13 60 0% 0 60
5.1 Publish Histology KPI data internally for RDE/tumour site review Carina Hume 01/09/13 31/10/13 60 0% 0 60
6.1 Publish histology turnaround times to understand patient level delays Carina Hume 01/09/13 31/10/13 60 0% 0 60