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Gloucester GP Out-of-Hours Service: 12 month review 17 May 2016
Title: Gloucestershire GP Out-of-Hours Service – 12 month review
Prepared by: Emma Williams, Head of Operations (Urgent Care Services)
Nick Evans, Gloucestershire OOH Service Manager
Presented by: Dr Andy Smith, Executive Medical Director
Main aim: To provide an overview of the first 6 months of the Gloucestershire GP OOH service delivered by South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
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Contents Introduction .............................................................................................. 3
The patient journey ..................................................................................... 4
1. Patient origin/access points ................................................................... 4
2. Patient flow through the out-of-hours service .............................................. 8
Service provision ....................................................................................... 9
1. Primary Care Centres (PCCs) ................................................................ 9
2. Mobile/home visiting service .................................................................. 9
3. Clinical Hub .................................................................................... 10
Service performance ................................................................................. 11
1. Overall activity ................................................................................. 11
2. National Quality Requirements ............................................................. 12
3. Local Indicators ............................................................................... 16
4. Shift cover ...................................................................................... 19
5. Quality .......................................................................................... 27
Challenges to service delivery ..................................................................... 31
Recent successes .................................................................................... 31
Developments & Improvements .................................................................... 32
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Introduction
The South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust (SWASFT) commenced the
delivery of the Gloucestershire GP out-of-hours (OOH) service on the 1 April 2015. The
service specification ensures three levels/types of response for the resident and visiting
population of Gloucestershire:
Primary Care Centre (PCC) – these are located within hospitals, adjacent to either an
Emergency Department (ED) (at Gloucester Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General
Hospital) or Minor Injury & Illness Units (MIIU) (in Cirencester, Dilke, Moreton and
Stroud). The PCCs are run by GPs and Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) and
primarily see patients who have booked appointments, and also those who may have
walked in or been referred from the ED or MIIU.
Clinical hub – calls from NHS 111 and other sources are received, triaged and
assessed by clinicians with patients either being given self-care advice, being directed
to suitable community services, or booked for a home visit or PCC appointment.
Mobile home visiting service – patients who are unable to make their way to a PCC
and who need to be seen by a clinician (primarily a GP) will receive a home visit.
This paper will provide an overview of the first year of service delivery.
Specifically it will:
Summarise the way patients flow through the service
Describe the service model
Review the performance
Focus of treatment centre cover
Patient feedback
Highlight current issues & challenges
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The patient journey
1. Patient origin/access points
There are four main access points to the out-of-hours service for patients, through
111, as a referral from a minor injury and illness unit (MIIU) or through the emergency
department (ED) and as a ‘walk-in’.
111
A patient will call 111 and be taken through a triage using a system called NHS
Pathways – a nationally implemented IT system based on clinical algorithms. Patients
will be asked a range of questions relating to their presenting complaint, and
depending on the responses given to the questions asked, an outcome will be
reached. Sometimes the initial call taker will be able to direct the patient to the
appropriate service, but in many cases further clinical advice and support will be
provided to further assess the patient’s needs.
NHS Pathways will provide guidance as to what type of onward care the patient
needs, which could include self-care advice, advice to seek primary care services
within a specific timeframe, or dispatch of an emergency 999 ambulance. There is a
wide range of possible outcomes, called dispositions, and several of these will refer a
patient requiring primary care support to the local out-of-hours service during the
appropriate time periods.
All the local health services that could provide care to the patients are described within
templates which sit within a system called the Directory of Services (DOS). These
templates provide demographic data about the service (name, opening hours etc) as
well as specific information listing the type of clinical complaints that the service can
manage. It is through the use of this DOS that having reached a disposition, NHS
Pathways seeks the most appropriate service within the patient’s local area. The
Gloucestershire out-of-hours service has a comprehensive template and it is this
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which facilitates the directing of appropriate NHS111 patients to the service during
evenings and weekends.
Calls originating in NHS111 will be mapped across to the GP out-of-hours service in
such a way to enable NHS111 to either directly book patients directly into PCC
appointments, or to place them into a clinical queue for GP to phone the back
(telephone triage) , which in turn can facilitate home visits as required.
Referrals from other departments
The PCCs are generally co-located with other units, primarily emergency departments
(EDs) or minor injury and illness units (MIIUs), the service was commissioned to
accept referrals from health care professionals within these services. Should a patient
presenting with an urgent primary care condition arrive at the unit, following an
appropriate initial assessment, the patient can be referred across to the PCC to be
seen by one of the out-of-hours General Practitioners (GPs). In addition, the out-of-
hours GPs provide a response to community hospital wards where the patient has a
clinical need which cannot wait until the ward doctor visits next.
Walk-ins
Whilst the largest proportion of patients arrive at the out-of-hours service via NHS111,
there is an increasing number of patients who are self-presenting at the PCCs by
arriving at reception – these are considered ‘walk-ins’. They are briefly assessed and
booked appointments with either a GP or an advanced nurse practitioner (ANP). They
may have to wait.
The graphs below demonstrate the activity seen in the out-of-hours service in relation
to the origin of patients/calls.
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This chart demonstrates that the most significant activity originates within the 111
service
This graph demonstrates the fluctuation of activity by origin across the financial year
89%
7% 4% 0%
Calls by origin - proportion for FY 2015-16
111 calls
Referrals from ED & MIIU
Walk-ins
Ward calls
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Calls by origin - total number (FY 2015-16)
111 calls Referrals from ED & MIIU Walk-ins Ward calls
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This graph demonstrates the change over time of the activity by origin across the
financial year.
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Calls by origin - proportion (FY 2015-16)
111 calls Referrals from ED & MIIU Walk-ins Ward calls
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2. Patient flow through the out-of-hours service
Having been passed to the out-of-hours service, as described in the introduction, there
are three main services provided:
Clinical telephone assessment, advice and management
Face-to-face assessment and management at a primary care centre
Face-to-face assessment and management via the home visiting service
Across the whole patient journey within the out-of-hours service are a range of key
performance indicators (KPIs) – these will be discussed more later.
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Service provision
1. Primary Care Centres (PCCs)
The service is commissioned to provide six PCCs across Gloucestershire. These are
either co-located with an emergency department or at a community hospital.
In each location the staff provision consists of clinicians GPs primarily with advanced
nurse practitioners (ANPs) in four of the six PCCs. The hours of operation are shown
below.
PCC Opening Hrs Weekday Opening Hrs Weekend
Cheltenham GP:1800-2300
ANP: 1830-2300 GP: 0800-2300
ANP: 0800-2300
Cirencester GP:1830-2300 GP: 0800-2300
Dilke GP:1830-2300 GP: 0800-2300
Gloucester GP:1800-2300 & 2300-0800
ANP: 1815-2315 GP: 0800-2300 & 2300-0800
ANP: 0800-2300
Moreton ANP: 1830-2200 GP: 1000-1400
ANP: 1400-2200
Stroud GP:1830-2300
ANP: 1830-2300 GP: 0800-2300
ANP: 1000-2200
2. Mobile/home visiting service
The service operates a visiting service based out of Staverton Ambulance Station and
covering the whole Gloucestershire CCG area.
These mobile resources are staffed with either a GP and urgent care assistant, or a
nurse/specialist paramedic. The hours of operation are shown below.
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Day No of mobile resources (GPs plus ECPs)
Morning Afternoon Evening Overnight
Monday-Friday 0 0 4 3
Saturday & Sunday 5 6 5 3
3. Clinical Hub
The coordination centre of the out-of-hours service is the hub based in the
Gloucestershire Tri-Service Centre (GTEC). It is at this location that the supervisor
overseeing the service during operational hours is based, in conjunction with the
dispatchers managing the home visit activity, and telephone triage clinicians (GPs,
paramedics and nurses).
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Service performance
1. Overall activity
Below is a graph of actual activity against the baseline within the contract.
As can be seen from above, whilst the initial two months’ activity was approximately at
the level predicted, this fell during the summer months and into the autumn. From
December onwards, the overall activity has returned to the baseline and in March
2016, activity was greater than predicted. This high activity in March may relate to the
Easter period.
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Actual v baseline for 2015-16
Patient Contacts in 2015/16 Contract Activity Baseline
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2. National Quality Requirements
All out-of-hours services are contractually measured against a suite of national
performance indicators, in this case they are called national quality requirements
(NQRs). See appendix A for full performance data.
NQR 1 to 7 plus 11 & 13:
These relate to general reporting to the CCG and sharing of data between
providers, the use of language line to facilitate communication; some having been
superseded by local indicators. The service is consistently compliant with these
KPIs.
NQR 8 & 9:
These are no longer OOH KPIs as they relate to initial calls being received, now
assigned to 111.
NQR 10 a, b & c:
These relate to walk-in patients only and are measures of the timescale for face-to-
face assessment to have commenced.
NQR 10a = % of emergency cases passed to appropriate acute response within 3
mins. The service is consistently compliant (target ≥ 95%).
NQR 10b = Time to start of face-to-face assessment of urgent adults (20mins) &
children (15mins). The service is under compliant 72.19% for adults, 38.98% for
children for 2015-16 FY (target ≥ 95%).
NQR 10c = Time to start of face-to-face assessments for all other patients (60mins).
The service has demonstrated improvement from 89.19% Q1 to 96.55% Q4; FY
average performance is 94.49% (target ≥ 95%). These improvements are shown in
the graph below.
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NQR 12 a, b & c:
These relate to patients attending PCC appointments and those receiving home
visits. The compliance levels target for the 2015-16 FY is ≥ 95%.
NQR12a = Emergency consultations started within 1hr of completion of definitive
clinical assessment.
NQR12b = Urgent consultations started within 2hrs of completion of definitive
clinical assessment.
NQR12b = Less urgent consultations started within 6hrs of completion of definitive
clinical assessment.
NQR PCC/base appointment Home Visit
NQR12a – emergency (1hr)
75.86% 68.09%
NQR 12b – urgent (2hrs) 93.26% 86.36%
NQR12c – less urgent (6hrs)
98.40% 91.24%
80.0%
85.0%
90.0%
95.0%
100.0%
105.0%
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NQR 10c
Total number of less urgent patient cases presenting at PCCs Performance
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Consultations at Base Sites (Treatment Centres)
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Consultations by home visit
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3. Local Indicators
Gloucestershire CCG have implemented a suite of local performance indicators to be
delivered alongside the NQRs
LI1:
All calls must be answered within 60 seconds. The service is under compliant
79.66% for 2015-16 FY (target ≥ 95%).
LI2 a, b & c:
Timely call-backs to patients (target ≥ 95%, data for FY):
– Emergency (within 1 hr) performance 92.16%
– Urgent (within 2hrs) performance 82.19%
– Less urgent (within 6hrs) performance 86.16%
LI3 & 4:
Indicators looking at engagement with the system to manage patient demand, and
patients being treated by appropriate member of staff. The service is compliant.
LI5:
Timely call-backs to Paramedics to avoid unnecessary conveyance to Emergency
Depts. (target ≥ 95% within 20mins). The service is under compliant 62.76% for
2015-16 FY (target ≥ 95%).
LI6:
Qualified response to Healthcare Professional request for advice (target ≥ 95%,
data for FY):
– Emergency (within 60min) performance 84.21%
– Urgent (within 1hr) performance 85.58%
– Less urgent (within 2hrs) performance 88.05%
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LI7:
Check of consistency of service delivery. The service is compliant for the FY,
narrative reporting.
LI8:
Appropriate attendances at Emergency Depts (target ≤ 4%). The service is
compliant 3.69% for the 2015-16 FY.
LI9:
Timeliness of prioritised palliative call-backs, within 20mins (target ≥ 95%, data for
FY): 61.05%, but significant improvement from 20.0% (Apr ‘15) to 91.67% (Mar
‘16).
LI10:
Appropriate prescribing practice relating to high-risk anti-microbial medications;
target is a continuing reduction. Remaining at approx 10%, 10.70% in Jan-Mar
2016.
LI11:
Appropriate management of frequent callers which is based on the use of special
patient notes. Increasing numbers of frequent callers are being managed
appropriately – monthly narrative report is produced
LI12:
Training of all current staff in the recognition & adherence to safeguarding issues for
adults & children,(target = 100%, data for FY): achievement at 83% with 6
remaining staff to be trained in May 2016.
LI13:
Service availability details provided. This is provided in monthly reports. Compliant.
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LI14:
Co-ordinated patient care, linked to NQR3. A report is produced monthly.
Compliant.
LI15 a & b:
Complaints handling: a) complaints acknowledged within 3 working days.
Compliant at 100% (target = 100%); b) final responses completed within 25 working
days. Non-compliant at 60% (target = 100%).
LI16:
Service improvement through patient feedback/audit /survey, linked to NQR5.
Compliant (narrative report).
LI17a & b:
Patients & carers are able to provide feedback – reviewed through 6 monthly
surveys report and a percentage of patients given exit survey at time of
consultation. Compliant (narrative report).
LI18:
Integration with health economy through relationships with CCG, & other providers.
Complaint (narrative report).
LI19:
Working in partnership with CCG & other providers to ensure patients are aware of
the service & access routes. Complaint (narrative report).
LI20:
Ensuring patients are clear about the advice given in the event of deterioration.
Complaint (narrative report).
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4. Shift cover
Primary Care Centres
Cheltenham Overall shift cover for FY 2015-16: ANP = 75% GP = 89%
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15
GP or ANP %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered
Cheltenham ANP
87% 92% 91% 87% 93% 84% 77% 47% 62% 72% 67% 47%
Cheltenham GP
93% 92% 100% 93% 100% 95% 87% 87% 79% 75% 85% 90%
Closures
In total the PCC was closed for 28 hours during the FY 2015-16
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Hours of No Cover
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3 0 0 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0
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Cirencester
Overall shift cover for FY 2015-16: GP = 80%
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15
GP or ANP %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered
Cirencester GP
81% 77% 83% 80% 79% 81% 89% 76% 78% 80% 81% 81%
Closures
In total the PCC was closed for 505 hours during the FY 2015-16
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Hours of No Cover
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50 50 45 50 50 45 25 50 50 45 15 30
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Dilke
Overall shift cover for FY 2015-16: GP = 80%
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15
GP or ANP %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered
Dilke GP 92% 84% 86% 84% 89% 77% 71% 66% 78% 73% 83% 78%
Closures
In total the PCC was closed for 560 hours during the FY 2015-16
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Hours of No Cover
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20 35 35 40 25 55 65 90 50 60 35 50
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Gloucester
Overall shift cover for FY 2015-16: GP = ANP = 72% GP = 87%
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15
GP or ANP %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered
Gloucester ANP
72% 86% 88% 96% 94% 87% 69% 51% 48% 61% 63% 57%
Gloucester GP 88% 89% 85% 78% 93% 92% 93% 89% 80% 78% 86% 90%
Closures
In total the PCC was closed for 33 hours during the FY 2015-16 for all shifts excluding the 2300-0800 overnight treatment
centre shift (OTC). For the OTC shifts, 837 hours were not covered however during these shifts one of the mobile resources
would attend the treatment centre to see patients.
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Hours of
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PCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 10 10
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North Cotswold
Overall shift cover for FY 2015-16: GP = ANP = 10% GP = 84%
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15
GP or ANP %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
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Covered %
Covered
North Cotts ANP
5% 6% 5% 11% 10% 9% 10% 2% 12% 6% 18% 31%
North Cotts GP
90% 75% 63% 90% 100% 88% 100% 81% 77% 87% 91% 70%
Closures
In total the PCC was closed for 2230 hours during the FY 2015-16
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
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Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
190 180 210 190 185 190 175 215 185 170 180 160
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Stroud
Overall shift cover for FY 2015-16: GP = ANP = 63% GP = 84%
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15
GP or ANP %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered %
Covered
Stroud ANP 45% 79% 66% 74% 83% 74% 52% 20% 50% 60% 70% 87%
Stroud GP 88% 93% 87% 85% 93% 83% 76% 66% 76% 86% 83% 90%
Closures
In total the PCC was closed for 195 hours during the FY 2015-16
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
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Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
Hours of No Cover
25 5 10 5 10 20 20 80 20 0 0 0
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Impact of PCC closures
Where patients are unable to be provided with an appointment at a PCC, they are directed to one of the others – this is usually
the next nearest, unless the patient choses otherwise. The data below shows the number of patients whose local PCC was
closed and therefore had to who attended other PCCs between 01 January and 31 March 2016.
Total number of patients attending each PCC location
Cheltenham Cirencester Dilke Gloucester North Cotswold Stroud
2356 598 709 3392 123 1059
Number of patients and locations to which they attended when not attending their local PCC
Cirencester Dilke North Cotts Stroud Gloucester Cheltenham Totals
Cirencester
0 0 24 15 5 44
Dilke 0
0 0 25 0 25
North Cotswold
2 0 0 0 4 6
Stroud 8 0 0 68 4 80
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Distance and travel times between PCC locations
Cirencester Dilke North Cotts Stroud Gloucester Cheltenham
Cirencester
54mins/37miles 40mins/25miles 21mins/12miles 46mins/22miles 39mins/18miles
Dilke 54mins/37miles
70mins/46miles 58mins/25miles 32mins/16miles 43mins/23miles
North Cotswold 40mins/25miles 70mins/46miles
59mins/32miles 53mins/29miles 38mins/21miles
Stroud 21mins/12miles 58mins/25miles 59mins/32miles
31mins/11miles 33mins/14miles
Mobile/visiting service
The table below shows the shift coverage rate for planned mobile shifts across the financial year. As a total, 94% of mobile shifts were covered.
Mar-16 Feb-16 Jan-16 Dec-15 Nov-15 Oct-15 Sep-15 Aug-15 Jul-15 Jun-15 May-15 Apr-15 Total
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
% Covered
94% 95% 103% 109% 91% 93% 91% 80% 98% 90% 88% 93% 94%
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5. Quality
Below is a copy of the patient safety reporting dashboard for the Gloucestershire GP
OOH service.
Source of Feedback A
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Serious Incidents
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Moderate Incidents
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adverse Incidents
15 7 14 10 9 11 7 23 14 8 10 10 138
HCP Feedback
2 13 1 0 10 0 14 1 0 0 2 0 43
Compliments
0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Complaints
8 6 6 3 6 4 3 1 4 13 5 10 69
Claims
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Violence Related Injuries (to staff)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Never Events
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Adverse Incidents
The Trust has reviewed all adverse incidents received during the year and has
identified that the highest reporting categories were as follows:
Reporting Category Number of AIs
Treatment and intervention 44.1%
Medication 21.5%
Consent, Confidentiality or Communication 16.7%
Infrastructure or resources (staffing, facilities, environment) 11.8%
Conveyance 5.9%
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Feedback from other Healthcare Professional Organisations
Reporting Category Number of AIs
Treatment and intervention 46.6%
Medication 24.7%
Consent, Confidentiality or Communication 17.8%
Infrastructure or resources (staffing, facilities, environment) 6.8%
Conveyance 4.1%
Complaints
Key themes coming out of these incidents and complaints include:
Delays in response (time to home visit or ring-back) to both patients and other
healthcare professionals.
GP assessments and attitude – including examples where patients were told they
would receive a prescription and this was not followed through.
When reviewing and addressing complaints, the Trust uses the 6Cs model as
recommended by Compassion in practice – this identifies each complaint under the area
of impact: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment.
Please note that these figures will not reflect the number of complaints received. Multiple
reporting categories are used per complaint
Reporting Category Number of AIs
Care 26.4%
Compassion 9.6%
Competence 11.2%
Communication 23.6%
Courage 0.0%
Commitment 29.2%
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Patient Feedback
Patient feedback is obtained both proactively and reactively. It is received through a
number of routes including the Patient Opinion website and NHS Choices website. In
addition to the above, the Trust occasionally receives feedback on the patient
experience from the local Healthwatch, no feedback was received during the year.
The Trust has rolled out the Friends and Family Test (FFT) and obtain responses via
the standard patient survey as well as through the an online form, telephone call and
via text message. The Trust currently collates the scores for the UCS provisions as
one group; this includes all Community Health services e.g. the Urgent Care Centre
(UCC) in Tiverton.
Would recommend Would not recommend
FY 2015-16 89% 7%
Each month 1% of patients who contact the service are asked to complete a survey to
enable collation of patient experience data and information. For the year 1 April 2015 to
31 March 2016, the total number of surveys returned was 289.
Quality of care
Did you have confidence and trust in the healthcare professional?
Yes -209 To some extent – 44
No – 13 Not sure/Can’t remember - 1
(for patients confirming that they were in pain) Did you think that the staff at the GP Out of Hours service did everything they could to help control your pain?
Yes – 148 No - 32
Were you involved as you wanted to be in decisions about your care and treatment?
Yes – 205 To some extent - 43
No – 7 Not sure/Can’t remember - 5
Were you given advice on what to do if your condition got worse?
Yes, fully understood advice given – 106
Yes, advice given but did not understand – 5
Don’t know/can’t remember – 7 No advice given - 17
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Access
During the call with 111, do you feel that the advisor/s listened to what you had to say?
Yes – 196 To some extent – 49
No – 10 Not sure/Can’t remember - 5
Environment Where you given enough privacy when discussing your condition or treatment?
Phone only – 73
Yes – 165
To some extent – 21
No - 7
The main themes of the positive comments related to:
Supportive and caring attitude of all clinical staff patients had contact with.
How patients were ‘impressed’ by the quality and speed of the service received.
Gratitude for support and help in times of crisis or need
The main themes of negative comments received during the year related to:
Delays; in being seen by a clinician or being called back by the service.
Triage questions are too many and too intrusive.
Patients citing not feeling listened to which impacted on diagnosis.
Learning from patient complaints and patient feedback
Additional GPs triage in the hub to reduce long waits
The GP Clinical Lead presented a paper regarding DVTs and risk factors during an
OOH GP Development Day. This was following a specific complaint. He also delivered
a telephone triage training session to support GPs who require support in this area.
Clinicians were asked to consider staying at the address longer until the patient’s pain
resolved and to ensure that the family, and patient, are happy with the follow up plan.
Issues relating to individual clinican’s attitude are picked up with the staff involved
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Challenges to service delivery
Clinical staffing: GP & ANP availability
111: Priority of calls post-111 triage
GCS: GP cover and MIIU interface in community hospitals, district nursing service
capacity
GRH: Management of referrals and expectations, in particular with the GP pilot in ED
Commissioning of competing services: Prime Minister’s Challenge fund extending
Primary Care availability
‘Walk-ins’: Significant increase in general ‘walk-in’ patients volume. Contract volumes
remain stable but this impact is intensified at Gloucester PCC.
A comprehensive action plan has been developed and shared with commissioners which
provides remedial actions to address performance in critical areas. Examples of actions
include:
Incentivising key shifts – this is reviewed dynamically
Working with staffing agencies to source additional staff – ANPs in particular
Providing additional IT access at Staverton Ambulance Station to enable mobile GPs to
undertake additional triage when located there between calls
Recruiting to additional call taking and supervisory posts within the Clinical Hub
Re-introduction of remote triage working to support the service at times of
peak/increased demand
Recent successes
New lead nurse appointed to support nursing practice and re-validation
GPs working regularly are now on personalised regular rotas
GP development sessions are run on a monthly basis led by OOH GP lead
Increase in triage capacity within the OOH hub to support activity at weekends and
rescued delays for ring backs
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Developments & Improvements
Managing Demand: work with stakeholders to ensure a shared understanding what
the service provides ie urgent primary healthcare to those who cannot wait until in
hours. Ensure patients are accurately prioritised at all times ie from NHS111, from walk
ins & from ED referrals. Improve integration with other services ie Choice Plus
appointments
Service delivery model review : review of the current model to consider opportunities
for an amended/updated model – with increased triage capacity, and with shift and
skill-mix changes better reflecting staff availability
Focus on key performance indicators : Continued focus on improvement against the
KPIs
Review the interface with existing providers & the public: ED, MIIU, Community
hospitals, community services, 111 to ensure that referrals are appropriate and that
patients experience seamless pathways of care
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Appendix A: KPI Performance Data