Community Hospitals Association Survey – January 2017

Help shape the CHA of the future by completing this survey

In order to be fit for the future the CHA committee is undertaking a review of the CHA, and is seeking views from stakeholders, members and potential members about what sort of service would be valued in the future.

Even if you have not been directly involved with the CHA in the past, we are keen to hear your views and aspirations for supporting the work of community hospitals and the CHA, so do please complete this survey.

The Community Hospitals Association is a voluntary organisation offering membership to those involved with community hospitals and community services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Membership is offered to hospitals, organisations such as Leagues of Friends, as well as individual staff such as nurses, allied health professionals, GPs, social workers, volunteers and many more.

The CHA promotes the role, function, innovations and potential of community hospitals, through work on policy, research, publications and sharing news stories.

The CHA supports members through networking, sharing information and innovation, providing resources, and offering advice.

In order to keep members updated, the CHA mails a regular newsletter, and runs regular annual conferences.

Thank you for helping us shape the CHA's future.

For reference and further information:

CHA is our website for Membership and Conference details.

https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/

CHARM is our Community Hospitals Research and Media .website

http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/blog.html

How important to you is it to sustain these different roles of the CHA?

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* 1. A National and Local Voice?

	Unimportant	Of little Importance	Moderately important	Important	Very Important
Promoting the role and function of Community Hospitals?	Promoting the role and function of Community Hospitals? Unimportant	Promoting the role and function of Community Hospitals? Of little Importance	Promoting the role and function of Community Hospitals? Moderately important	Promoting the role and function of Community Hospitals? Important	Promoting the role and function of Community Hospitals? Very Important
Providing advice on the strategic role of Community Hospitals?	Providing advice on the strategic role of Community Hospitals? Unimportant	Providing advice on the strategic role of Community Hospitals? Of little Importance	Providing advice on the strategic role of Community Hospitals? Moderately important	Providing advice on the strategic role of Community Hospitals? Important	Providing advice on the strategic role of Community Hospitals? Very Important
Supporting communities to have a voice in the planning of their local health and social care?	Supporting communities to have a voice in the planning of their local health and social care? Unimportant	Supporting communities to have a voice in the planning of their local health and social care? Of little Importance	Supporting communities to have a voice in the planning of their local health and social care? Moderately important	Supporting communities to have a voice in the planning of their local health and social care? Important	Supporting communities to have a voice in the planning of their local health and social care? Very Important
Contributing to Policy Debates on Community Hospitals?	Contributing to Policy Debates on Community Hospitals? Unimportant	Contributing to Policy Debates on Community Hospitals? Of little Importance	Contributing to Policy Debates on Community Hospitals? Moderately important	Contributing to Policy Debates on Community Hospitals? Important	Contributing to Policy Debates on Community Hospitals? Very Important

Any comment?

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* 2. Networking and hosting an annual conference?

	Unimportant	Of little Importance	Moderately important	Important	Very Important
Hosting of the annual conference?	Hosting of the annual conference? Unimportant	Hosting of the annual conference? Of little Importance	Hosting of the annual conference? Moderately important	Hosting of the annual conference? Important	Hosting of the annual conference? Very Important
Promoting of and sharing Innovations and Best Practice?	Promoting of and sharing Innovations and Best Practice? Unimportant	Promoting of and sharing Innovations and Best Practice? Of little Importance	Promoting of and sharing Innovations and Best Practice? Moderately important	Promoting of and sharing Innovations and Best Practice? Important	Promoting of and sharing Innovations and Best Practice? Very Important
Access to a wider Community Network?	Access to a wider Community Network? Unimportant	Access to a wider Community Network? Of little Importance	Access to a wider Community Network? Moderately important	Access to a wider Community Network? Important	Access to a wider Community Network? Very Important

Any comments?

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* 3. Evidence base and research?

	Unimportant	Of little importance	Moderately important	Important	Very important
Active involvement in Research and Evidence?	Active involvement in Research and Evidence? Unimportant	Active involvement in Research and Evidence? Of little importance	Active involvement in Research and Evidence? Moderately important	Active involvement in Research and Evidence? Important	Active involvement in Research and Evidence? Very important
Encouraging teaching and research in Community Hospitals?	Encouraging teaching and research in Community Hospitals? Unimportant	Encouraging teaching and research in Community Hospitals? Of little importance	Encouraging teaching and research in Community Hospitals? Moderately important	Encouraging teaching and research in Community Hospitals? Important	Encouraging teaching and research in Community Hospitals? Very important
Supporting the application of evidence from research to inform practice, service development and planning?	Supporting the application of evidence from research to inform practice, service development and planning? Unimportant	Supporting the application of evidence from research to inform practice, service development and planning? Of little importance	Supporting the application of evidence from research to inform practice, service development and planning? Moderately important	Supporting the application of evidence from research to inform practice, service development and planning? Important	Supporting the application of evidence from research to inform practice, service development and planning? Very important

Any comments?

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* 4. Provider of resource?

	Unimportant	Of little importance	Moderately important	Important	Very important
Access to Information Database for sharing information?	Access to Information Database for sharing information? Unimportant	Access to Information Database for sharing information? Of little importance	Access to Information Database for sharing information? Moderately important	Access to Information Database for sharing information? Important	Access to Information Database for sharing information? Very important
Advice on service developments and innovations?	Advice on service developments and innovations? Unimportant	Advice on service developments and innovations? Of little importance	Advice on service developments and innovations? Moderately important	Advice on service developments and innovations? Important	Advice on service developments and innovations? Very important
Support through periods of change?	Support through periods of change? Unimportant	Support through periods of change? Of little importance	Support through periods of change? Moderately important	Support through periods of change? Important	Support through periods of change? Very important
Assistance in enhancing and maintaining standards of care?	Assistance in enhancing and maintaining standards of care? Unimportant	Assistance in enhancing and maintaining standards of care? Of little importance	Assistance in enhancing and maintaining standards of care? Moderately important	Assistance in enhancing and maintaining standards of care? Important	Assistance in enhancing and maintaining standards of care? Very important

Please suggest other possibilities:

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* 5. The benefits of CHA membership?

	Unimportant	Of little importance	Moderately important	Important	Very important
Networking opportunities through conferences and professional networks?	Networking opportunities through conferences and professional networks? Unimportant	Networking opportunities through conferences and professional networks? Of little importance	Networking opportunities through conferences and professional networks? Moderately important	Networking opportunities through conferences and professional networks? Important	Networking opportunities through conferences and professional networks? Very important
Value of the annual conference?	Value of the annual conference? Unimportant	Value of the annual conference? Of little importance	Value of the annual conference? Moderately important	Value of the annual conference? Important	Value of the annual conference? Very important
Value of a regular Newsletter (this could be digital in the future)?	Value of a regular Newsletter (this could be digital in the future)? Unimportant	Value of a regular Newsletter (this could be digital in the future)? Of little importance	Value of a regular Newsletter (this could be digital in the future)? Moderately important	Value of a regular Newsletter (this could be digital in the future)? Important	Value of a regular Newsletter (this could be digital in the future)? Very important
Access to Members Area of CHA website for resources etc?	Access to Members Area of CHA website for resources etc? Unimportant	Access to Members Area of CHA website for resources etc? Of little importance	Access to Members Area of CHA website for resources etc? Moderately important	Access to Members Area of CHA website for resources etc? Important	Access to Members Area of CHA website for resources etc? Very important
Preferential rates on annual conference fees?	Preferential rates on annual conference fees? Unimportant	Preferential rates on annual conference fees? Of little importance	Preferential rates on annual conference fees? Moderately important	Preferential rates on annual conference fees? Important	Preferential rates on annual conference fees? Very important
Access to telephone Advice and Support?	Access to telephone Advice and Support? Unimportant	Access to telephone Advice and Support? Of little importance	Access to telephone Advice and Support? Moderately important	Access to telephone Advice and Support? Important	Access to telephone Advice and Support? Very important
Value of the Innovations and Best Practice Awards programme?	Value of the Innovations and Best Practice Awards programme? Unimportant	Value of the Innovations and Best Practice Awards programme? Of little importance	Value of the Innovations and Best Practice Awards programme? Moderately important	Value of the Innovations and Best Practice Awards programme? Important	Value of the Innovations and Best Practice Awards programme? Very important
Value of the CHA website? https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/	Value of the CHA website? https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/ Unimportant	Value of the CHA website? https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/ Of little importance	Value of the CHA website? https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/ Moderately important	Value of the CHA website? https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/ Important	Value of the CHA website? https://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/about/ Very important
Value of the Community Hospitals Research website? http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/	Value of the Community Hospitals Research website? http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/ Unimportant	Value of the Community Hospitals Research website? http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/ Of little importance	Value of the Community Hospitals Research website? http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/ Moderately important	Value of the Community Hospitals Research website? http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/ Important	Value of the Community Hospitals Research website? http://www.communityhospitalsresearch.org.uk/ Very important

In addition please suggest other possibilities:

Now turning to the future ...

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* 6. Please would you rank your preference for the CHA conferences in the future?

A conference over 3-days (Friday to Sunday) as at present?

A conference over 2 days during the week?

A conference over 2 days at the weekend?

A one-day conference during the week?

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* 7. Are there other ideas you feel the CHA should consider?

	Great idea	Good idea	OK idea	Unlikely to make use of this
Webinars?	Webinars? Great idea	Webinars? Good idea	Webinars? OK idea	Webinars? Unlikely to make use of this
Online forum for exchange of ideas?	Online forum for exchange of ideas? Great idea	Online forum for exchange of ideas? Good idea	Online forum for exchange of ideas? OK idea	Online forum for exchange of ideas? Unlikely to make use of this
Facilitating local meetings in regions?	Facilitating local meetings in regions? Great idea	Facilitating local meetings in regions? Good idea	Facilitating local meetings in regions? OK idea	Facilitating local meetings in regions? Unlikely to make use of this

Any other ideas?

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* 8. What would you like to see the CHA do more of (or differently) in the future?

And finally a little about you and your view ...

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* 9. Membership of the CHA?

	Yes	No	Not sure
Is your Community Hospital a Member?	Is your Community Hospital a Member? Yes	Is your Community Hospital a Member? No	Is your Community Hospital a Member? Not sure
Are you an Individual Member	Are you an Individual Member Yes	Are you an Individual Member No	Are you an Individual Member Not sure
Is your Organisation a Member (e.g. League of Friends, Exhibitor, Private Company)? Please specify	Is your Organisation a Member (e.g. League of Friends, Exhibitor, Private Company)? Please specify Yes	Is your Organisation a Member (e.g. League of Friends, Exhibitor, Private Company)? Please specify No	Is your Organisation a Member (e.g. League of Friends, Exhibitor, Private Company)? Please specify Not sure

Please tell us the name of your organisation

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* 10. Please would you tell us how you would describe your professional role? Feel free to tick all that apply

Senior nurse

Nurse

Manager

Commissioner

AHP

Social worker

League of Friends

Hospital doctor

Other (e.g. private companies)

Please feel free to be more specific here

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* 11. Do you consider the CHA membership to be value for money?

Yes

Any comments?

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* 12. Would you recommend the CHA to other interested parties?

Yes

Any comments?

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* 13. Would you be prepared for us to contact you for more detailed discussion? If so, please add your email address here.

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* 14. Are you able to give us details for a contact for the designated lead for your Community Hospital or Organisation?

Name

Organisation

Email address

Thank you for your time and help with our survey. We will use it to shape the future of the CHA.

If you are not member and would like to be, here is a link to the application form:

http://www.communityhospitals.org.uk/join/

If you have further comments you would like to add, you may email us on:

info@communityhospitals.org.uk