In this episode:
01:23 What Devon ICS is doing as an Elective Leader to tackle the issue of elective care activity and waiting lists in the South West?
06:48 How Suzanne finds Social Care works within the system, and how are they working alongside partners to support on reducing waiting lists
12:33 What lessons Suzanne has learnt in this area of waiting lists and the recovery phase, which would be helpful to other ICSs in their aims of driving down waiting lists 15:45 What one thing ICS leaders could do to ensure success in collaborative working
19:24 What Suzanne thinks to the proposed new financial penalties and incentives for elective activity being decided solely on system-level performance
22:22 Where she would spend the first £1million of the Government’s pledged £9bn input under the ‘Building Back Better’ plan for health and social care
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Clearing the backlog: the elective care challenge
In our final In Conversation With of 2021, Liaison Workforce’s Ed Leonardo speaks with Suzanne Tracey, Chief Executive of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, who provides valuable insight into how the system is addressing the challenge of elective care ad the waiting list backlog, including:
- Protecting the elective space
- The steps the system is taking to increase elective capacity
- The partnership between health and social care
- The effect on staff wellbeing and resilience