The streamlined processes were implemented after research, through a Rapid Process Improvement Workshop (RPIW), where it was revealed that it was taking more than 22 days to advertise a job vacancy from the moment of resignation – in some instances this can now be done in 37 minutes.

Recruitment is the third area that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is conducting improvement work through its partnership with the Virginia Mason Institute in Seattle. The other areas are Sepsis and Respiratory. A fourth Value Stream, Ophthalmology Outpatients, will be launched later this month.