1. % Improvements across 2015/16
Voice of the Customer
Customer Satisfaction Survey - March 2016
The Customer Satisfaction Survey
We survey our customers every quarter as part of our on going focus on great service and great value. We use the survey to assure the NHSBT Executive and Board that we are delivering to our ambition to be the best organisation of our type in the world.
We rely on feedback and survey responses from our hospital colleagues to help us with this ambition and to direct our attention for improvement.
Overall Satisfaction with NHSBT – score of 9 & 10/10
A tale of two halves
Hospital Services, Testing and Manufacturing
Our range of components, ease of ordering and the customer care offered by our Hospital Services teams continues to be well regarded. We are very pleased to see such high levels of satisfaction and will continue to strive for improvement.
So what are we doing to make our services even better……………………………
1)We have had a close look at complaints and feedback from the survey and are taking action to reduce the causes of complaints to ensure the right components arrive at hospitals at the right time and in perfect condition. 2)We continue to work closely with hospitals to help predict demand, especially at peak times and ensure we have stocks available. 3)We recognise that we have had challenges with group A RhD negative platelets and are working to improve supply.
74%
Component
Quality
and Range
88%
Component
Availability
73%
Component
Ordering
69%
Hospital
Services
73%
As we move into the new financial year it’s a good time to look back 12 months and see what we can learn from last year.
The great news is that we have made huge leaps forward in customer satisfaction across the board. Looking at the first half to the second half year we see a step change with big % increases.
I’m sure you will have noticed the improvements we’ve made but rest assured we constantly seek to be as easy as possible to do business with.
Chris Philips
Head of Hospital Customer Service
% Improvements across 2015/16
Components – quality and range
31%
Ordering
19%
Component availability
32%
Hospital Services 9%
Routine deliveries
23%
Ad hoc deliveries
Emergency deliveries
RCI – referral
16%
RCI – turnaround time
22%
RCI - report
25%
RCI – overall
H&I – overall
26%
Customer service support
Clinical support
17%
NHSBT overall
Ease of doing business
Transport
This quarter we asked our customers to rate the service provided by NHSBT drivers as well as our appointed couriers, TNT. Our drivers get a resounding ‘thumbs up’ , with 92% of customers scoring them 9 or 10/10. Having couriers on hand to support our service helps us maintain our costs and ensure deliveries are made on time. We are working with TNT to improve driver training and the service they provide on our behalf.
So what are we doing to make our services better……………………………
1) We’re working with Cranfield University to explore ways to improve deliveries 2) We’ve completed a detailed review in Sheffield to help us improve nationally 3) Our customer service managers are reviewing the service at each centre.
Routine
Delivery
54%
Ad-hoc
Delivery
59%
Emergency
Delivery
86%
Diagnostic Services
RCI continue to make steady progress and have continuous improvement at the heart of their services. We have seen a big increase in complimentary feedback that accentuates the efforts being made. Our H&I cross match service for HLA/HPA platelets and the responsiveness of the team to hospital transfusion laboratories continues to be highly regarded.
So what are we doing to make our services better……………………………
1) Improvement events are being run across RCI’s services 2) RCI and Customer Service Managers are out and about listening to customers to help improve mutual understanding 3) A survey for H&I’s stem cell customers is to be launched.
74%
RCI
referral
62%
RCI
test time
56%
RCI
report
59%
RCI
overall
56%
H&I
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