The North Wellington Health Care (NWHC) board of directors met on Feb. 19 to discuss staff satisfaction survey results, budgets, purchasing new medical equipment and board membership.
The board was pleased with recent results from NWHC’s work-life culture survey, which measures NWHC staff and physician satisfaction with their quality of work-life. Over 80 per cent of staff and nearly two-thirds of NWHC physicians participated in the Accreditation Canada survey.
“For the third year in a row no red flags were noted on the staff survey,” stated NWHC board chair Tom Sullivan. “This is extremely rare, according to the Accreditation Canada Surveyors, who visited the NWHC last fall.”
The board approved a balanced operating budget for the 2015/16 fiscal year and commended staff for its focus on providing quality care within available resources.
The board also approved a list of capital equipment needs for the coming year which will be purchased as donated funds become available.
There is more than $700,000 in priority medical equipment required.
The Louise Marshall Hospital and Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation will be asked to continue their great effort in assisting NWHC to purchase this much needed equipment in support of providing quality patient care.
The board was pleased to approve and appoint community members, Dr. Terry Fisk from Harriston and Laura Aston from Mount Forest, to the NWHC Safety Quality Performance Improvement (SQPI) Committee.
NWHC will soon be advertising in local papers for applications to membership on the board of directors. The hospital corporation welcomes interest from “community members who share a passion for health care in our local communities.”
