University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire is now in the application phase on our journey towards Pathway to Excellence® designation.
We are starting to develop our document, ready for submission in February 2022 and are collating many examples of nursing and midwifery excellence.
The Pathway to Excellence® programme is a framework for nursing and midwifery excellence, aiming to create a positive practice environment for our staff that improves nurse satisfaction, recruitment and retention.
It is recognised globally as enabling excellence within our professions, instilling a strong sense of professional pride and offers proven strategies to help ensure that the care that we deliver to our patients and populations is of the highest caliber.
The Pathway to Excellence® programme aligns closely with CNO for England’s national vision to establish a country wide collective leadership model, with a focus on transformational leadership, research and innovation.
Shared Decision-Making
Leadership
Safety
Quality
Wellbeing
These standards are the fundamentals in developing a positive practice environment.
The elements of performance for each standard impact a range of factors that influence bottom line results, such as reduced employee turnover, increased job satisfaction and staff engagement, improvements in nursing and midwifery sensitive quality indicators, safety events, productivity and ultimately patient satisfaction.
Our nurses and midwives operating on the front line of healthcare are dedicated to protecting, promoting and improving care for all, to do this to the best of their ability you need to operate in an environment that supports staff needs and promotes the highest standards.
Pathway to Excellence® offers us the opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to establishing a healthy workplace for staff and embedding a culture of positive practice.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON BLOOD TESTING DUE TO COVID-19
If you are experiencing symptoms associated with COVID-19, e.g. fever, loss of taste or continuous new cough, please DO NOT attend for a blood test.
Click on the map for information about phlebotomy clinics in Coventry. You can book an appointment online at the locations in red.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Booking an appointment helps patients, their carers and family members to plan their hospital visit better, helping to reduce clinic waiting times and enabling patients to be seen much more quickly.
Location: Outpatients Department, on the ground floor. Opening hours: 8am-4.45pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Children under 16 years old will need to book online here.
Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test, click on the ‘Book Online’ button above. Patients from Rugby and the surrounding areas are able to access the Friends Blood Taking Unit at the Hospital of St Cross.
Referrals for blood tests can be from GP's, practice nurses or from hospital consultants. Patients are also able to leave other samples, such as urine, which have been collected at home, at the hospital's Pathology Reception.
Location: Near Brookfield House, just off North Road - map here. Opening hours: The blood taking clinic sessions for adults and children are listed below:
Monday -Friday 7am-4:45pm Appointment only
Wednesday Evening 5pm-7pm Suspended due to COVID
Saturday Morning 7am-10pm Suspended due to COVID
April 2020 NEW - This Clinic is now by appointment. Please book an appointment before attending for a blood test. Click on the ‘Book Online’ button above.
Address: Stoney Stanton Road, Coventry CV1 4FS Location: Access is via the main doors, the Phlebotomy team are in Area A. Opening hours: Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays). 8am–4.45pm
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT)
Specialist Tests - There are a small number of specialist tests where blood needs to be taken on a hospital site as the sample must be transferred to the laboratory rapidly for the test to be undertaken. Click here for a list of these specialist tests and to find out more.