Monika Nott, inventory management improvement project lead at Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, and participant member of the Southern GS1 and Scan4Safety adoption group, explains how the Trust has embarked on a successful inventory management improvement plan, and what this can mean to clinical teams.
Musgrove Park Hospital is part of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. It is a district general hospital, providing care to a population of 340,000 and specialist services for the whole of Somerset, making its catchment population around 544,000.
At the hospital there are more than 700 beds, 30 wards, 15 operating theatres, a fully equipped diagnostic imaging department and a purpose built cancer treatment centre. With more than 4000 staff, and an annual budget of £246.7 million, ensuring the Trust works efficiently is essential.
This focus is reflected in one of the Trust’s key principles; to run as efficiently as possible, at a cost of 10% less than the average hospital in England, by making sure every penny spent delivers the best levels of care and clinical outcomes.
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