GREAT CARE, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME
QUALITY ACCOUNT 2018-19
Welcome to the 2018-19 Eastern Health Quality Account
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elcome to the Eastern Health Quality Account for 2019; our annual publication showcasing performance in a number of key clinical areas as well as demonstrating our commitment to providing safe, high-quality health care.
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A snapshot of 2018- 19 Our performance
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up 0.3% – that’s one person every 3.1 minutes
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50,037 ambulance arrivals Adjunct Professor David Plunkett Chief Executive Eastern Health
Dr Peter Dohrmann Chair Quality and Safety Committee
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to our three emergency departments – up by 4.8% – that’s one ambulance every 10.5 minutes. Average 83% of patients transferred to hospital within 40 minutes of arrival
CONTENTS 02 Welcome to the 2018-19 Eastern Health Quality Account 02 A snapshot of 2018-19
40,350 operations
a record 18,022 of these were elective surgeries
282,690 specialist clinic
appointments
up 6.6% or 17,583 more appointments
4179 people
admitted to our mental health inpatient units and 271,055 occasions of service provided by mental health community services
17 Improved visibility of performance and clinical risks for better patient outcomes
04 About Eastern Health
18 A serious approach to infection prevention and control
06 SECTION 1
19 Fighting flu to help prevent its spread
Consumer, carer and community participation
06 Participation in the Victorian Healthcare Experience Survey (VHES) 08 Partnering with our consumers
20 Advancing care for mums and babies 22 Caring for our more vulnerable community members 24 Escalating patient care efficiently
11 Supporting people with disabilities
26 Personalised care in mental health
12 Eastern Health speaks your language
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14 SECTION 2
Quality and safety
14 Listening and responding to feedback 16 Our culture of patient safety continues to shine 16 Fully accredited healthcare services
Comprehensive care
28 Taking action on community health feedback 30 At Eastern Health we welcome your feedback 30 Patients First 31 Eastern Health
Our staff Over
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About Eastern Health Established in 0333, Eastern Health plays a key role in the provision of public health services in Melbourne’s eastern and outer eastern suburbs. We work with community healthcare providers suchas general practitioners, community health services and a2liated healthcare agencies. Geographically, Eastern Health covers the municipalities of Boroondara, n K ox, Manningham, Maroondah, Whitehorse and Yarra Ranges. Further, Eastern Health’s Statewide Services cater for consumers right across Australia. Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest metropolitan public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and statewide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity and healthcare needs.
Eastern Health Catchments
Buxton
Glenburn
Woods Point
Kinglake
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Marysville Narbethong
Steel Creek
Cambarville
Matlock
Chum Creek Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health
Yarra Glen
Reefton Kangaroo Ground Eltham Templestowe
Warrandyte
Wandin Kew
Box Hill Hospital Glen Iris
Peter James Centre
Mulgrave
Toorongo
Warburton
Yarra Ranges Health Woori Yallock
Maroondah Hospital Hoddles Creek Wantirna Health
Olinda
Angliss Hospital Rowville
Powelltown Emerald
Lysterfield
Gembrook Upper Beaconsfield Garfield
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Eastern Health acknowledges the traditional owners of the land upon which our health service is built, the Wurundjeri People, part of the Kulin Nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. 04 Great care, everywhere, every time
OUR VISION
OUR MISSION
OUR VALUES
Great care, everywhere, every time
Together we care, learn, discover and innovate
Patients First Kindness Respect Excellence Agility Humility
Caring for 788,260 people
Our values reflect our understanding that health care is about people caring for people. The way we work together in healthcare teams and with patients, their families, carers and our communities, requires us to be kind, respectful, agile and humble, and to strive for excellence in all that we do. As we live these values each day, our work environments are characterised by respectful and supportive relationships between staff and with our patients and their families. These values represent and describe the very heart of our organisation and what we stand for.
Eastern Health Organisational Profile Larger sites
Services located across 2816 square kilometres – the largest geographical area of any metropolitan health service in Victoria
Angliss Hospital Box Hill Hospital Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health Maroondah Hospital Peter James Centre Statewide Services – Richmond • Spectrum
1507* beds – 7 hospitals and 3 emergency departments
• Turning Point Wantirna Health Yarra Ranges Health (Lilydale)
Corporate functions Annual operating budget of
$1.1 billion
Information, Technology and Capital Projects Finance, Procurement and Corporate Services Fundraising, Legal Services and Corporate Governance People and Culture
We have 9962 employees, 70 per cent of whom live within the community we serve A
Learning and Teaching Quality, Planning and Innovation Research
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SECTION 1
CONSUMER, CARER AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPATION IN THE VICTORIAN HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE SURVEY (VHES)
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he VHES patient experience survey is one way we receive feedback from our patients on their experiences at Eastern Health.
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Overall, how would you rate the care you received while in hospital 100 95 90 85 80
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Sufficient information about managing health and care at home (Q 69) Consideration of family or home situation when planning discharge (Q 70) Adequate arrangements made by the hospital for any services needed (Q 71) GP given all the necessary information about treatment or advice received in hospital (Q 72) Transition Indicator Target
To improve our performance in these areas, Eastern Health has three projects underway.
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We have made the time of medical rounds visible to families and visitors on each ward, to enable our patients’ families and carers to participate in the rounds and ask questions if needed
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Our Nurse Unit Managers touch base with patients daily to hear about and try to resolve any concerns and feedback
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We are working towards having at least 80 per cent of discharge summaries provided to the patient and the general practitioner within 48 hours of discharge.
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PARTNERING WITH OUR CONSUMERS
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or our community to be able to experience great care, everywhere, every time, Eastern Health strives to maintain our focus on achieving excellence in health care by delivering great patient outcomes, great patient experiences and harm-free care.
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SAFER CARE VICTORIA AND INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT (IHI) DELIRIUM COLLABORATIVE PROJECT Consumer representative, Peter Michell, is part of the Cognition, Mobility and Continence Expert Advisory Committee. His insight, based on lived experience, has made him a significant contributor to the Safer Care Victoria IHI Delirium Collaborative Project. The aim of this initiative is to improve the identification and management of patients with delirium on Ward 6.1 at Box Hill Hospital, including how we engage families and carers in this process. PRv]vPo}o}]vP vvP`˙}(vPP]vPX WRvo˙RSF}P MN} _G}`W}R] }uo`]RvvR] }vu]]}v}R``]RR]u }(}u}vP}uuv]}v`v }v(vUR]o}}vv +Uvouo˙Ro}}] '(}R}v]vR}]oW `R]R]]uov]vPu}} }v[]v]]o(v} `v]o}}}]o˙X PR]v]`}vR `}]vR]}v}( R]}X Ao}(R]}iU`R (}vvvo]lo˙} RR]]`u}v]o˙`]R }vuvURRv +uuX
Improving medication lists Outcomes In the words of our consumer representative:
We need a single point “of face to face contact for carers. ” We need user-friendly “education resources. ” We need to involve carers “in huddles and meetings. ” need to make sure the “onlyWesource of information flow is not from a confused patient to an uninformed loved one.
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Medications on the list are not in any order which is confusing. Please order them alphabetically by generic name
Medications are now sorted alphabetically (as of August 2019)
Consumers want to know what each medication is for before reading the instructions. Place the ‘Purpose’ column before ‘Direction’
The ‘Purpose’ section is now located before ‘Direction’
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THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSUMER PARTICIPATION Our Consumer Information Committee includes six consumers along with staff from allied health, language services and consumer participation departments. This committee was created to review patient information across Eastern Health. }v B RoRo]˙]v]oU R]}uu]'Ro} v]v(}u}vo}uv P]o]vU`R]Rvo+} }]]uo].}uuv]}v }vU}}RoR o]˙vR] v}(}vu`R} } ]X
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The effort and attention is “welcoming and supportive.
I feel listened to and engaged. Where a contribution is not taken up, the relevance is well explained – usually this is a lack of medical knowledge and the suggestion is outside the operating principles.
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Feedback from staff
Consumer participation is an “integral part of our continued
growth as an organisation, and their presence in committee meetings is invaluable. As the support person for the consumer on our committee, I pay particular attention to avoid jargon, acronyms and complex, technical terms in the committee papers where possible and define any that are unavoidable. We discuss the papers prior to the committee meeting, and I then answer any questions and provide a debrief after the meeting.
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Snapshot of Eastern Health Consumer Participation as at June 2019
4% Community Advisory Committee 8% Expert Advisory Committees 5% Quality and Safety Committees 3% Consumer Information Committee 21% Other committees 11% Working groups 2% Projects 5% Rapid improvement events 27% Events and celebrations 14% Disability Action Plan consultation 10 Great care, everywhere, every time
At Eastern Health, we continue to support consumer participation by: Providing orientation, support and education to our consumer representatives at all times and build their capacity Showing appreciation by verbal recognition, personalised letters of thanks for their time, ideas, knowledge and other resources they provide Keeping our consumers up to date via our Consumer Forum, regular emails and phone communications Ensuring we close the feedback loop by providing outcomes of participation Continuing to evaluate the impact of all activities from consumer participation with a view to acting on the evaluation findings as part of our quality improvement cycles.
SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IMPROVING OUR FOOD Our consumer representatives participated in a Food Immersion Hour to develop an increased awareness of the processes used to make sure patients receive their preferred meal that is consistent with their dietary requirements. TR]}]v˘]v]vR }}(ovP(}}(}v }vu}vvRo]˙v }]v(}}]U]vo]vP (}}vPX
Positive feedback
When patients have “choices regarding food –
this is something they have power over compared to all the time that things are done to them, i.e. clinical staff would take their blood or do an injection.
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Suggestions for improvements
Use TV screens to inform “patients, carers and family
members on ‘Food at Eastern Health’.
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– This is already in place at Box Hill Hospital via the Patient Entertainment System.
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The Eastern Health disABILITY Action Plan 2019 – 2022 was developed through: Broad consultation including staff workshops and consultation, community consultation forums and Have your say feedback form Data analysis of feedback
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Walkrounds, Victorian Health Incident Management System (VHIMS – Consumer Feedback), Victorian Healthcare Experience Survey, People Matter Survey (staff)
Best practice research.
Eastern Health looks forward to commencing implementation of this plan and working towards achieving the following outcomes: Removing barriers for persons with a disability accessing Eastern Health’s services and facilities Removing barriers for persons with a disability in obtaining and maintaining employment at Eastern Health Eastern Health promoting inclusion and participation in the community for people with a disability Tangible changes in attitudes and practices which discriminate against persons with a disability.
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EASTERN HEALTH SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE
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ultural diversity in the eastern metropolitan region is higher than the Victorian average, with 17 per cent of people born in a country where English is not the primary language spoken. Eastern Health understands the importance of providing patients and their families with an easy way to communicate with our sta%.
In 2018-19: Eastern Health employs an in-house team of NAATI-certi1ed interpreters (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters) who deliver interpreting services in languages of the highest demand such as Mandarin, Cantonese and Greek. A part-time and casual pool of additional interpreters supports requests for other languages.
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LISTENING AND RESPONDING TO FEEDBACK
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The number of complaints and compliments formally received from January 2016 to June 2019 is outlined as follows:
Complaints and Compliments Jan 2016 - June 2019 500 400 300 200 1 00 0
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JulSep 2016
OctDec 2016
JanMar 2017
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OctDec 2017
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OctDec 2018
JanMar 2019
Compliments
The patient story
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I recently spent time in the Foetal Maternal Assessment Clinic “ (FMAC), birth suite and post natal ward at Box Hill hospital where
I had concerns for my baby. All the midwifes and doctors I saw were absolutely amazing and so reassuring. The care I received was so thorough. I had a number of different midwifes look after me. Jenny in the FMAC unit, Helene the PM midwife in the delivery suite, Sue the night duty midwife in the delivery suite and Jess the midwife on the post natal ward. They were all so calming and informative and took amazing care of myself and my unborn child. It can be a very daunting experience having to go into hospital and every single midwife was calm and made me feel comfortable. I cannot thank them enough for their excellent care and hard work.
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The patient survey Patient experience surveys are used to capture feedback from patients and carers. These are targeted to issues we specifically want to learn about. Our in-house interpreters support our non-English speaking patients to participate in surveys so that we learn from them as well.
Complaints
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The consumer perspective We actively seek feedback and use what consumers tell us through consumer forums, participation in our governance committees and improvement events to inform service improvement. Consumer forums and improvement events provide an opportunity for consumers to talk about Eastern Health more broadly and are not necessarily about an individual experience. We currently have 80 members of our community on the consumer register.
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OUR CULTURE OF PATIENT SAFETY CONTINUES TO SHINE Eastern Health participates annually in the People Matter Survey, a public sector employee opinion survey. IP]+R}}v]˙}˘ R]]`}vR}`}Ro] }ovuo}˙uv]v]o u}v˙}ooPU uvPvv]}oX
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Recommend friend/family be treated as patient Overall positive response to Patient Safety and Culture Staff encouraged to report patient safety concerns Patient care errors are handled appropriately Suggestions about patient safety are acted upon Culture conducive to learning from errors Management driving for safety centred organisation Trainees are adequately supervised Training of new and existing staff
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Eastern Health successfully met the accreditation requirements of: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) Standard for Sleep Disorders Services Respiratory Function Assessment Service Standards WPoo˙u}v]}}(}uvvR(v}v}(}˙uv }}ul`}uo˙]vP`]R]v˙vv`}l }`(]}vuv}vR`}]PU ˙`RU˙uX
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) Standards, after all four of Eastern Health’s residential aged care facilities received unannounced visits during the year.
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IMPROVED VISIBILITY OF PERFORMANCE AND CLINICAL RISKS FOR BETTER PATIENT OUTCOMES
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Reducing hospitalacquired infection related to intravenous cannula and urinary tract infection
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Consumer information and communication regarding discharge and follow up
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Further development of clinical leadership and patient safety culture – two areas that are becoming a focus worldwide – through best practice. Eastern Health Quality Account 2018-19
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A SERIOUS APPROACH TO INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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FIGHTING FLU TO HELP PREVENT ITS SPREAD
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astern Health’s iconic Flu Fighter (pictured) returned to be the face of the 2018-19 influenza (flu) vaccination campaign, calling for staff and volunteers across the organisation to roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated to help prevent the spread of flu.
Eastern Health’s resident superhero, Flu Fighter, represents our dedication to fighting influenza, and is used in posters and other advertising materials around our sites to promote the campaign.
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ADVANCING CARE FOR MUMS AND BABIES
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ith 4870 babies born at Box Hill and Angliss hospitals in 2018-19, Eastern Health maternity services provided care across the eastern region, including Lilydale and Healesville. We continue to develop innovative approaches and work alongside Safer Care Victoria in order to provide new mothers and their babies with the best of care.
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CARING FOR OUR MORE VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
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astern Health has four fullyaccredited residential aged care facilities with a total of 120 beds. With an emphasis on promoting resident independence and choice, each provides a comfortable, home-like environment. Our facilities
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Since July 2006, Public Sector Residential Aged Care Services (PSRACS) in Victoria have participated in the collection, reporting and benchmarking of data for a set of quality of care performance indicators measured by rate per 1000 bed days. The indicators are designed to assist in monitoring and improving care provided to PSRACS residents in the following areas:
of falls and 1 Prevalence fall-related fractures 2 Prevalence of pressure injuries of use of physical 3 Prevalence restraint of resident 4 Prevalence polypharmacy (nine or more medications)
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ESCALATING PATIENT CARE EFFECTIVELY
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Eastern Health’s three-step escalation process allows patients, families and carers to initiate an escalation of care for their loved one in hospital when they are not doing as well as expected or not improving, or there is concern that the patient’s condition is getting worse.
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Patients, families and carers are encouraged to speak to any member of the healthcare team about their concerns. In the majority of situations, concerns will be addressed immediately and no further escalation is required.
Where concerns are not satisfactorily resolved, patients, families and carers are encouraged to speak to the nurse or midwife in charge.
If concerns continue to remain unresolved, patients, families and carers are encouraged to call our dedicated 24/7 Patient Care Hotline at (03) 9975 6789.
Escalating concerns to the Patient Care Hotline When a Patient Care Hotline call is received, details of the concern are considered by the site nursing coordinator who reviews the patient with the nurse in charge. Following this review, the family member or carer is contacted by a member of the healthcare team to advise them of the plan for the patient’s care.
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The consumer escalation system is evaluated every two years through surveys of clinicians, patients, families and carers.
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PERSONALISED CARE IN MENTAL HEALTH
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astern Health delivers mental health services based on a recovery-focused model of care, through a variety of hospital-based, community and specialist services for children, youth, adults and older people.
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Definitions (as defined by the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services) Safewards model of care focuses on providing a safer mental health care environment. It is highly effective in reducing conflict and containment and increasing a sense of safety and mutual support for staff and patients. The model is a way of providing personalised care that supports minimum use of restrictive practice. Seclusion means the sole confinement of a person to a room or any other enclosed space from which it is not within the control of the person confined to leave. Bodily restraint means a form of physical or mechanical restraint that prevents a person having free movement of his or her limbs, but does not include the use of furniture (including beds with cot sides and chairs with tables fitted on their arms) that restricts the person’s ability to get off the furniture.
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astern Health’s Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health community health service, which also has dedicated facilities in Yarra Junction, participates in a community health, service-specific Victorian Healthcare Experience Survey (VHES).
While results from our most recent survey in 2018 were overwhelmingly positive, the responses highlighted a small number of areas where we could do better. In response to this consumer feedback, the community health team has undertaken several initiatives to address this feedback:
To better communicate the cost of the service to clients, community health team leaders are reviewing the current billing information, systems and processes. Eastern Health will be implementing a new billing system in November 2019 which will assist in simplifying the processes. The leadership group is developing clear guidance for staff and clients as we move over to the new system. To help increase community awareness of the community health service, the counselling team has visited local general practitioners’ (GP) clinics to provide education and “get to know you” sessions. Our clinicians have provided education sessions in a range of settings, including the local library, with the goal of reaching members of the community who are not aware of our services. Our community health team has started a monthly meeting to provide staff with an opportunity to discuss complex clients and/or clients who are presenting to multiple clinicians. In addition, a working group has been established to identify ways to improve the process for staff to document client goals.
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At Eastern Health we welcome your feedback There are a number of ways to provide your feedback For current patients, please speak to the staff member or the person in charge Speak with a member of our team next time you visit Fill in our online feedback form at www.easternhealth.org.au/contact-us/complaints-compliments-and-comments Contact one of our Patient Relations Advisors on 1800 327 837 Patient Relations Advisors are available Monday to Friday from 9am to 3pm Send an email to feedback@easternhealth.org.au Write to us at: The Centre for Patient Experience PO Box 94 Box Hill Vic 3128 Via the Patient Opinion website at www.patientopinion.org.au
PATIENTS FIRST We would like to hear from you
GREAT CARE, EVERYWHERE, EVERY TIME QUALITY ACCOUNT 2018-19
Eastern Health’s Quality Account is produced for consumers in collaboration with consumers and staff across the organisation and is guided by reporting guidelines provided by Safer Care Victoria. Printed copies of this publication are available throughout our facilities and online at www.easternhealth.org.au We would welcome your feedback via email to feedback@easternhealth.org.au or post to The Centre for Patient Experience PO Box 94 Box Hill Vic 3128
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