Monitor team visits Oxfordshire hospitals
Senior officials from the health regulator recently visited hospitals in Oxford to meet with staff and patients to learn more about the local health community.
Monitor officials met with senior managers from across the health system in Oxfordshire. 皇冠体育app visit, which took place on Friday 5 December, involved discussions with local clinicians, managers and other healthcare workers about how they work together to deliver care for patients.
皇冠体育app Monitor team visited the Abingdon Community Hospital and toured the Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit. 皇冠体育appre they learnt how staff in these units assess and treat patients who don鈥檛 require hospital care, but need a period of specialist assessment and support.
皇冠体育app team also met with staff and patients from John Radcliffe Hospital, the largest of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust鈥檚 hospitals, to learn about their experiences.
Miranda Carter, Executive Director of Provider Appraisal at Monitor said:
It was really insightful to visit Oxford and see how the local health system works together to meet patient鈥檚 urgent care needs.
I want to thank staff for taking the time of day to meet me and for showing dedication and commitment to making the system work better for patients.