Be aware of your surroundings

• Turn off the lights when you leave a room
• Turn off your computer at the end of the day
• Use the rehome site to share equipment that is no longer needed
• Turn the heating off or manage spaces as effectively as possible
• Cycle or walk in from the home or the park and ride when able

Accountability of time

• Ensure you and your colleagues have breaks and prioritise wellness
• Start and finish meetings on time and ensure there is a clear agenda and the time is productive
• Ensure only the required people are in meetings
• Attend training if you are booked on

Empower your team

• Encourage your team to ask questions about cost and efficiency
• Empower staff to solve problems
• Involve staff for more innovation 
• If you oppose, propose - use appreciative enquiry and encourage solution finding
   

Develop good communication etiquette

• Standardise email heading prefixes to allow people to prioritise emails and see relevance
• Conduct stay meetings to help with retention

Education of IT systems 

• Maximise O365
• Maximise platforms used for patient appointments / letters
• Move more documentation digitally
• Reduce printing

Maximise our resources

• Use QI approach for changes to help increase success and replication
• Standardise across sites where able to reduce waste
• Work with the ICB to check procurement of items and services is the best value

We have heard from everyone today that there are lots of small things that everyone can do, but we don't always know what the right things to do are. 

• Design a costing list of commonly used items to be distributed
• Work through some patient journey examples were costings can be made easily and high quality patient care is maintained throughout
• Ensure departments to put prices in their stock cupboards to promote awareness
• Encourage teams to turn off lights and computers at the end of a day when they are not needed
• If you have an idea, big or small please email fitforthefuture@hhft.nhs.uk

We heard a lot about different practices happening across areas and sites and even wider in HIOW. It would be great to learn from one another and share all the best practice. 

• Regular Fit For the Future case studies will be shared in comms, please look out for them to see what you can implement in your area.
• If you have made a saving - shout about it! We would love to hear about any savings you make so we can share it widely. This might be a one off saving or a transformational long term saving. 
• If you need support with your budget then reach out and ask early. There are lots of people who can help break down the cost saving asks and work through ways to bring this to life. 

During the Big Conversation there were lots of questions about what is already happening and what ideas have already been raised.

• There are two weekly Fit For the Future newsletters which you can catch up on here.
• A Trustnet page is now live and is constantly being updated with ideas that are underway and sharing learning. You can visit it here to learn about all the great idea!
• If you have an improvement idea you would like to talk to someone about contact the QI team here.