Simon Wright

Chief Executive of @sathNHS. proud dad and occasional mountain climber !! All views my own.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Great news we have been successful in our bid to establish a pan Shropshire Staffordshire wave 2 bid for community perinatal mental heath services (£783k).This is an aspect of Care our womens teams have worked really hard to establish and now all our mums will be able get support

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Looking forward to meeting with VMI partner trust CEOs today and considering the steps necessary to accelerate learning and roll out of the improvements each of us is seeing.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Out on Genba in women’s and children’s yesterday was great. Really important to listen to our people and see the care our mums and babies are receiving Today our transforming care guiding group is looking at how TCI is supporting our quality improvement strategy

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Yesterday saw us looking at the systems winter plan with partners and regulators to see how we can ease the pressures The last three weeks have been very busy and we need to explore improved discharge on sundays and Mondays.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Great to appoint consultant no.22 in anaesthesia yesterday following induction with 30 new staff. Today as a system we test the winter plan and how this will help manage demand over the next 4 months.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Regular MP briefings today followed by staff Kaizen Huddle at 1230. Interviews for consultaant anaesthetists next week and meeting applicants this afternoon after System discussion on the winter plan which needs to address the impact of the systems ‘no boarding’ position.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

@desnremi @EdwinBorman @JuliaClarkeSaTH @sathNHS @SaTHKPO Great idea count me in

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Having just had my flu jab I hope we will see all of our staff accessing this and helping to keep well over winter.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Today sees our leadership conference at SaTH. We have been holding these events now for a few years with great national figures speaking & sharing their knowledge with over 200 delegates.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Looking forward to meeting our new intake of staff this morning and getting out onto the wards at PRH. Interviewing a dermatologist then table top testing of the system winter plan.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Last night saw our third year of celebrating long service & our people’s Values in Practise awards.Cosford was a great venue to give a little back to our hard working NHS people. It was a great night and reminded us all how precious the NHS is and the people working in it.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

@LauraJaySheldon @sathNHS Thanks Laura

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Yesterday our board take one of the toughest decisions possible. After assessing the safety of care being able to be offered this winter with our junior doc gaps,listening to our clinical teams,working closely with NHS partners & NHSI/E we agreed a closure of PRH aed overnight

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Meeting with Richard Partington and Clive Jones from Telford and Wrekin council today to explore building further on the existing strong work between our teams in our community. It is crucial we look to support patients to remain independent and healthy by working together.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Great to see Debbie raising the awareness on dementia through our conference yesterday.We appointed our 20th consultant this yr (gastro) & Laura in exec office won ‘highly commended’ in the regional apprenticeship group. SAED will explore staffing impacts on winter safety plans

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

TCI guiding group this morning looking at how we spread our improvement method and it’s positive impact across the trust & what more we can do. Then sustainability Committee looking at clinical services configuration for future fit and introducing an innovation group

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Exec meetings this morning and then joint HOSC and later chatting to independent STP chair applicants.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Looking forward to ‘breakfast with the boss’ to chat with our people. Then future fit board hearing about the close of the consultation process. Meeting Healthwatch and CHC to support some surveys of pats feedback on our services. Updates on how we can improve staff areas

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Many thanks to our midwives for staying late to chat with Jo Deirdre & I about how they are feeling after the national media attention.Also met over 100 consultants about Aed, stopping boarding on the wards & maternity. Really important we take this time to listen & act.

[Simon Wright @SATH_CEO]

Following up on the important role our speak up guardians play our board is holding a session today with Tom Grimes to build on this and its importance.