Our achievements

Posted on 1 Jun 2021

At the Board meeting today we heard of the great steps forward in the work around Freedom to Speak Up and the progress in this area.

This has been recognised nationally by the FTSU guardian with the Trust being placed as 6th most improved in the country.

You can read some examples of recent achievements below:

FTSUP Champions – we continue to expand our champions’ network. We now have 31 trained FTSUP champions and approx. 18 awaiting training. Champions support the FTSUP function by championing a culture where raising concerns is the norm. A Champions steering group/development team has recently been formed, with a multidisciplinary membership to help drive forward the improvement action plan and make sure that FTSU is embedded as a clinical quality indicator as well as an organisation culture indicator. This group currently consist of 8 champions who are passionate about improving the speak up culture and will work closely with the guardian to increase visibility of FTSUP across the Trust. Arrangements are now in place to offer training for champions locally and our guardian will work jointly with the guardian for Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust to deliver training. FTSUP Training - FTSUP E-Learning which was developed by the National Guardians Office is available on ESR and all workers are encouraged to complete.

Guardian involvement and raising awareness – The guardian has been proactively involved with various teams across the divisions promoting her role and that of champions and helping staff to understand what speaking up is about.

Good news stories – The guardian has received some positive feedback about managers and senior leaders listening concerns and taking appropriate action. This shows we are taking the right direction in embedding the positive speak up culture.

Some highlights - A collective letter of gratitude was sent by the CAMHS south team to the Executive Director of Mental Health Services and her team thanking them for listening and for actioning many of the things the Community CAMHS South team collectively raised as concerns. Managers and senior leaders are generally responsive and collaborative and keen to address the concerns brought to the guardian