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The road to Unity – a six week guide: week three

August 19, 2019

All our sites will be fully live on Unity on Monday 23 September. The new electronic patient record will be switched on at City Hospital in the early hours of Saturday 21 September. This will be followed by the switch on at Sandwell Hospital in the early hours of Sunday 22 September with the rest of our sites coming on board on Monday 23 September. There is still much to do to get us ready for this new way of working.

Week 3: Activities to be completed by all managers who will use Unity

  • Arrange for your team to be observed practising their UniTeam competencies
  • Ensure your team complete their CapMan e-learning
  • Check your department has a Ready for Unity pack in place. See Connect for further info.

 What else is going on?

  • Our optimisation metrics will be launched to measure individuals’ and teams’ use of unity after go-live
  • E-learning and the Play System are available throughout for self-learning and practise
  • New devices will be delivered and set up in your department – by week beginning 2 September
  • Wi-Fi improvements have already happened at Sandwell and Rowley. Works at City will be complete by week beginning 2 September
  • Tap and Go: New software to support a faster login to Unity and single sign-in to other applications will be rolled out across the Trust during August. Keep an eye out for enrolment fairs and clinics.

Note: Teams are urged to use the road to Unity – a six week guide and put it in their Unity corner to keep colleagues motivated and focused as we head towards go-live. Connect has all the information you need to get your team ready for Unity. You can book training, sign up for events and find out more about practising your UniTeam competencies. The daily communication bulletin also has news and updates. For queries please email the Unity project team swbh.eprprojectpmo@nhs.net.