6th June 2005

Car parking

1. The trust is currently looking to rent extra land for additional car parking
2. Looking to increase the park and ride scheme, also looking for additional to the hospital from Burnley bus station.
3. Working up plans to encourage cycling/walking for staff, facilitating car sharing schemes and promoting less journeys between hospital sites.
4. Offered to fund additional signage on bus stops and buses to promote the use of buses for staff.
5. It's expected see agreements reached to make these improvements over the next three months.

 Misuses of Disabled Parking Bays

1. If a member of staff parks without a valid Blue Badge, a notice fine will be issued, they are issued with a letter informing them that they must desist, disciplinary action may follow.
2. They are also looking into a scheme known as “civil penalty notices” that impose fines starting at £5 escalating to £60 for persistent offenders, this is hoped to be in place by September of this year.

 Block booking at out patients

1. Anti-coagulant clinic at the moment it is run by a first come first served system, but a meeting will be held in June to implement a appointment system.
2. General out patients it's to be reviewed to ensure that all patients have an individual appointment times instead of the block booking system this will be done by July this year.

Doctors' knowledge of drugs they are prescribing

1. This is still being looked into.

Regarding A&E and the wards

The benchmarks set out for these areas in February 2001 are to be reviewed in September of this year and will re set every six months.

More protection for patients & Relatives

 Under the trust policy on Violence and aggression, there is now a section to protect patients/relatives from staff, (as this has happened in the past)

Now instead of staff being aggressive to the public and getting away with it, the member of staff will be dealt with using the hospital's Disciplinary Procedures.

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