Providing the best treatment we can
and ensuring good clinical outcomes for our patients are key
elements of a quality service. However, it is equally
important that our patients and their carers have as good an
experience as possible when they use our services, and you can help
to achieve this.
The Department of Health defines a
positive patient experience as:
“Getting
good treatment in a comfortable, caring and safe environment,
delivered in a calm and reassuring way; having information to make
choices, to feel confident and feel in control; being talked to and
listened to as an equal and being treated with honesty, respect and
dignity”.
Building on the
best: Choice, responsiveness and equity in the NHS
(DH, 2009)
Tell us what you
think
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS
Foundation Trust (SECAmb) is planning to develop a Patient Experience Strategy, which will set out
the Trust’s values in terms of patient and carer experience, and
help us to develop a culture that places patient experience at the
centre of everything we do.
We know that involving patients,
carers and our staff in this work going forwards will be crucial to
its success, so to begin with we would like to hear from you to
know:
- What do you think makes a good
patient/carer experience? - What do you think our patient
experience strategy should consider/include, for example what
patient groups would it be helpful to focus on; which elements of
our services should we look at; what mechanisms would be useful for
obtaining feedback from patients and carers; etc?
We are really keen to make your views count,
so please share your thoughts with us by emailing Louise
Hutchinson, SECAmb’s Patient Experience Lead, at louise.hutchinson@secamb.nhs.uk