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Training rooms 3 & 4, Education Centre, Freeman Hospital
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Our first ever discussion forum will take place on Tuesday 27 June between 2pm until 4pm in our newly refurbished Education Centre at the Freeman Hospital. The forum will allow our members to share their experiences of living with a disability when accessing healthcare.
Are you someone who has experience of living with a disability or has an interest in hearing about service developments? If yes, we would like to hear from you!
We will hear from Fardeen Choudhury, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, regarding some of the current support available within Newcastle Hospitals when accessing our services, and we also hope to hear from you, our members, regarding any suggestions for improvement.
The programme is as follows:
| 13:30 14:00 14:05 | Refreshments Welcome by Professor Sir John Burn, Chairman of Newcastle Hospitals Introduction by Pam Yanez, Lead Governor for Newcastle Hospitals |
| 14:15 14:30 14:45 15:25 | What support we offer Fardeen Choudhury, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, will provide an overview of the improvement work underway to help patients with a disability and some of the support services available Patient Journey Exercise We will share a case study and discuss what worked well, as well as any suggestions on how the patient journey could have been improved Lived Experience Discussion We will encourage discussion and debate. We would like to hear your views on: – What matters to you when you come into hospital? – What has worked well for you when you have had to come to hospital or receive care – What barriers and challenges have you faced when receiving care and coming into hospital? – What suggestions do you have or what improvements would you like to see? – How can we support our staff to further strengthen the care and support we provide to disabled patients? ACTIVITY: ‘Three small things’ “If you could change three small things that would help you in accessing care, what would they be? |
| 15:45 | Close by Professor Sir John Burn, Trust Chairman An invitation to stay for refreshments and to chat with our Governors and Chairman. |
If you would like to attend the event, please call us on freephone 0800 015 0136 or email your name, address and telephone number to: [email protected].
We are keen to keep you informed about all of the fantastic events we hold, including our Annual Members Meeting. Further information will be released in due course. So please do make sure that we have your current email address to keep you up to date.
You can find out more about the many exciting developments and achievements led by our amazing staff by following our Chief Executive Dame Jackie Daniel’s fortnightly blog at www.damejackiesblog.co.uk.
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I look forward to seeing you all at our event on 27 June 2023.
Yours faithfully
Professor Sir John Burn
Trust Chairman
