| Results for priorities voting |
| March 23, 2010 | |
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Car parking, continuity of care at home and on-the-day GP appointments were the top 3 issues you voted for Sheffield LINk to prioritise in the year ahead. The Governing Board has had a preliminary discussion about the results and was pleased with the response rate - 82 people voted. They have scheduled a special meeting to look in more detail at how these can feed into the LINk workplan. The full results for all 18 issues are listed below in order of popularity. Next to the item is the actual number of votes it received and what percentage of all voters chose this issue as one of the 4 to support. 1. Car parking cost and availability (36 votes, 44%) 2. Lack of continuity of care at home (32 votes, 40%) 3. Availability of on-the-day GP appointments (31 votes, 38%) 4. Waiting time to get medication ready to leave hospitals (26 votes, 32%) 5=. Intermediate care between hospital and home (24 votes, 29%) 5=. Cost of NHS dental care (24, 29%) 7. Training of medical people in dealing with those with mental health issues (22, 27%) 8. Shortage of counselling opportunities on NHS (21, 26%) 9. Time taken for referrals from GPs to hospitals (18, 22%) 10. Provision of local NHS dentists (17, 21%) 11. Awareness of deafness as a disability (11, 14%) 12=. Lack of dietician services (10, 12%) 12=. Low usages of GPs by BME groups (10, 12%) 13=. Signage and navigation around hospitals (9, 11%) 13=. Waiting times for ambulances and medi-cars etc (9, 11%) 16=. Availability of drinks/snacks after hours (6, 7%) 16=. Waiting room delays in GP practices (6, 7%) 18. Shuttle bus service at NGH (5, 6%)
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