Immediate operational guidance for Unity go-live including annual leave

June 24, 2019

During the period running up to and after the go-live of Unity, many management meetings in our organisation will be cancelled or shortened to release colleagues time. A detailed schedule of
what is cancelled at directorate, group and corporate level will be issued at end of July. Data on clinical safety and organisation performance will still be collected, collated and circulated.

In order to secure the go-live it is important that individual employees ensure that they meet the competencies released as part of the Unity 28-Day Challenge. Team competencies are currently being finalised and will be released for implementation on or before 24 June. During August further simulation and training activity around Cap Man will be undertaken. Digital champions and super users are reminded of the need to book and undertake their training in June or July.

For all professions, the Trust is introducing a temporary moratorium (or ban) on new bookings of all types of leave (annual, study and professional) between the period Monday 16 September and Monday 14 October. Existing bookings for this period (that were duly authorised by midday on Friday 7 June) will be honoured. We will revoke this ban on 1 July and allow new bookings consistent with agreed new staffing levels for the period of go-live and immediately thereafter. We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause but everyone will recognise the necessity to have sufficient staff at work to safely look after patients during the disruption of bedding in a completely new computer system.