Mandy Rayani- Hywel Dda University Health Board - Director of Nursing, Quality and Patient Experience
“The implementation and roll out of WNCR across all our sites within the health board is making a real difference to staff and patients. This is truly a patient-centred system which enables nurses and other members of the MDT caring for people to be responsive to care needs whilst clearly evidencing the care provided. It is now a digital technology that is embedded in practice and we are now asking ourselves how we managed without it. All staff are looking forward to the continued development of the system.”
Nicola Williams, Director of Nursing, AHP's & Medical Scientists, Velindre Corporate Trust HQ
The digitalisation of nursing documentation within Velindre has been welcomed by all staff, and this enthusiasm allowed for a well-executed transition from paper to digital last Spring. This has definitely released nursing time and made legibility, audit and assurance much easier.
Recent audits have demonstrated a significant improvement in the quality of data entry since digitalisation of nursing assessments. There is now clear evidence that the initial nursing assessments are completed within the targeted 4 hours from admission. The team at Velindre are eager for all documentation to be digitalised as quickly as possible. This will also make transfers of care much safer and quicker as well.
Additionally, the Clinical Nurse Specialist’s role, has allowed observations of the system to be easily fed back to the Digital Health and Care Wales team, which has increased our clinical staff’s confidence in the transition to digitalisation and ensured their voices have been heard.”
Greg Dix, Executive Nurse Director Cwm Taf Morganwwg
“I spent some time at both Ysbyty Cwm Cynon Hospital and Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Hospital a couple of weeks ago and without exception, all Ward Managers told me that the new digital system was a ‘game-changer’ for them and their teams in both releasing time to care, but also the level of assurance that the system provides from an audit perspective.
I must also add that I spent some time chatting to a HCSW in her 40th year of service and in her words “knew nothing about computers” and was very anxious leading up to the implementation date. It turned out that the excellent training she received from the team and the 1-1 support, completely alleviated her anxieties and absolutely loves the new digital system!
A huge success for us and roll out in Royal Glamorgan Hospital going well and again, such positive feedback from staff.”
More positive feedback from nurses across NHS Wales can be found in the video below.
