9 March 2018

Over the past few weeks and months, you will have heard a lot being said about how important it is to involve the public—the people we serve—in conversations about the services we provide.

The first cohort have graduated from the People’s Academy

In January we completed the final session for the first cohort to go through our newly-launched People’s Academy.

The Academy was set up to help people get more of an insight into the NHS and how it works in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

The first 17 ‘graduates’ from the Academy can now go on to pursue a number of avenues for further involvement in the Trust, including volunteering or becoming Public Involvement Champions. The latter position will allow them to get involved in a number of areas, including our improvement work with the Virginia Mason Institute, becoming a representative at Trust meetings, being part of a group that monitors our performance or supporting the recruitment of staff.

The Academy is not just open to people outside of SaTH—members of staff are more than welcome to get involved. You can find out more at
www.sath.nhs.uk/working-with-us/academy/

There has been a lot of positive feedback about this first round of sessions. We will now be reviewing all of the comments ready for the second cohort, who will come on board in March. The plan is to hold the second set of sessions in Telford before we embark on a third round in June.

The next People’s Academy dates are:

  • Tuesday 3 July: 9am – 12.30pm; Syndicate Room 7, SECC, RSH.
  • Tuesday 10 July: 9am – 12.30pm; Syndicate Room 7, SECC, RSH.
  • Tuesday 17 July: 9am – 12.30pm; Syndicate Room 7, SECC, RSH.
  • Tuesday 24 July: 9am – 12.30pm; Syndicate Room 7, SECC, RSH.