Introduction
The primary purpose of the driver role is to transport Clinicians to and from patient locations in a safe and timely manner together with all the equipment and medication needed to deliver the highest possible standards of patient experience
Audits will be performed to ensure that all staff drive at an appropriate speed that is safe for the conditions even when responding to an urgent patient, and that national and local speed limits are respected at all times.
Auditing Process
Audits should cover each car and include all journeys, thus encompassing every single journey, regardless of the purpose of the journey or identity of the staff member. Audits will be carried out on a monthly basis to maintain a consistent and equitable approach across all journeys.
A journey deemed to contravene safe driving law and therefore picked up as an un safe act in the audit process, is when/if any journey where a Brisdoc vehicle has been driven at 10% more than the speed limit for longer than 1 minute.
Action taken with offending staff members is detailed further below.
Staff members should be re-audited for assurance that driving styles have changed and no further speeding incidents are found within 3 months.