The board found itself facing service improvement targets. Using new corporate and clinical guidance, it set about taking a 'whole systems' approach to managing corporate risk, giving one of its directors responsibility for the leadership of Health and Safety for the first time. Health and Safety was also made a key item on the board agenda.
This has resulted in a much better integrated Health and Safety management system that increases the opportunity to identify and manage all corporate risks, and a much more open culture, improving reporting and monitoring.
The board actively promotes a culture that gives staff the confidence to report incidents. This has resulted in:
