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Tag Archives: Harm Free Care
Recent Information on Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Plus Statistics on Other Safeguarding Topics (BBC News / NHS Digital)
Summary Freedom of information requests made by the Liberal Democrats have revealed that the use of restraint by mental health trusts in England has increased yearly since 2013, despite repeated calls over recent years for restraint to be minimised. It … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Safeguarding Concerns and Enquiries, Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, Avoidable Harm, Community and Mental Health Trusts, Councils with Social Services Responsibilities, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, Dr Sridevi Kalidindi: Royal College of Psychiatrists, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Experimental Statistics, Face-Down Restraint, FOI: Freedom of information, Freedom of Information, Government Policy on Adult Safeguarding, Harm Free Care, Human Rights, Human Rights and Nursing, Identification and Reporting of Problems, Incident Reporting, Least Restrictive Principle, Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), Liberal Democrats, Making Safeguarding Personal (MSP), Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Health Hospitals, Mental Health Trusts, Mental Healthcare, Mind, Neglect and Acts of Omission, NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly the Health and Social Care Information Centre), NHS Digital: Annual Report for England (2016-17), NHS Digital: Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC), NHS Mental Health Trusts in England, Norman Lamb MP, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Psychiatric Hospitals, Recording and Reporting, Reporting Culture in the NHS, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restraint in Mental Health Trusts, Restrictive Practices, Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Collection, Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC): Annual Report for England (2016-17), Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Adults Reports, safeguarding Adults Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Safeguarding Older People, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Unintended Consequences, Use of Reasonable Force, Vicki Nash: Mind
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Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society / HSCIC / BBC News / National Health Executive / NHS England)
Summary A recent study in the USA found 41% of patients over the age of 70 years who were hospitalised with acute conditions were discharged with lower levels of function compared with when they were admitted to hospital. A number … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Department of Health, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hip Fractures, In the News, International, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS England, Nutrition, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, Avoidable Harm, BBC Health News, Candour, Candour: Safety and Improvement, Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) Campaign, Charlson Comorbidity Index, Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU): Health and Social Care Information Centre, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, Continence Care, CQUIN: NHS Safety Thermometer, Culture of Candour, Decubitus Ulcers, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Department of Health Safe Care Team, Dr David Hopper: Health Innovation Network, Epidemiology, Falls in Older People, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Harm Free Care, HCAI, Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), Health and Social Care Information Centre: Clinical Audit Support Unit (CASU), Health Innovation Network, Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs), Hospital-Acquired Infections, Hospital-Associated Functional Decline: Role of Hospitalisation Processes, Hospitalization Process Effects on Functional Outcomes and Recovery (HoPE-FOR), Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Incidents reported to National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Katherine Murphy: Chief Executive of the Patients Association, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Later Life, Local Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (LocSSIPs), Loss of Independence, Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool, Mandy Fader: University of Southampton, Measuring Harm Free Care, Medication Sedative Load (MSL), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), MHRA Medical Device Directive, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust, National Health Executive, National Patient Safety AgencyNational Patient Safety Agency, National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), National Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs), Never Events, Never Events by Healthcare Provider, Never Events by Type of Incident, Never Events Data, Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHE: National Health Executive, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report, NHS England Never Events Taskforce Report (2014), NHS England Patient Safety Domain, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer CQUIN, NHS Safety Thermometer Report (April 2014 to April 2015), No Catheter No CAUTI (Campaign), Official Statistics, Openness and Transparency, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Patient Harms, Patient Harms and Harm Free Care, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Domain of NHS England, Patient Safety Indicators, Patient Safety Strategies, Patient Safety Thermometer, Patient Voice, Patients First and Foremost, Pfeiffer Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention of Hospitalisation-Associated Disability, QIPP Safe Care Team, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, Reducing Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Urinary Catheters, Risk Factors, Safer Surgery, Safety Thermometer, STEIS, Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS), Surgical Never Events, Towards Harm-Free Care: Modifiable Hospitalisation Risk Factors, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Types of Harm, United States, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Urinary Catheterisation, Urinary Catheters, Urinary Tract Infections, Urinary Tract Infections (in Patients with Catheters), Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), Urology Trade Association, USA, Venous Thromboembolisms (VTEs), VTE (Venous Thromboembolism), Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Zero Harm, Zero Tolerance Healthcare
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The Financial and Human Costs of Mistakes (BBC News / Frontier Economics / CQC / NHS England / NHS IQ / BMJ Quality and Safety / Department of Health / BMC Family Practice)
Summary The NHS in England is being urged to reduce mistakes by half, as mistakes in hospitals cost the NHS around £2.5bn per year. Four aspects of poor patient safety include falls, bed ulcers, urinary infections caused by poorly fitted … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, Department of Health, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Berwick Report One Year On: NHS England’s Progress on Patient Safety (NHS England / Health Foundation)
Summary It is just over one year since Professor Don Berwick published the “A promise to learn: a commitment to act” report on the safety of patients in England in the wake of the Francis Inquiry. This is a brief review of progress since … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Health Foundation, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Action Against Medical Accidents, Airline Industry (Zero Harm), BBC Health News, Berwick Review of Patient Safety, Collaborative Leadership, Collaborative Projects, Collaborative Working, Continuous Learning, Continuous Learning Culture, Culture Change, Culture of Zero-Harm, Dr Mike Durkin: NHS England’s Director of Patient Safety, Ethic of Learning, Fitness to Practise, Fitness to Practise Policy Team: General Medical Council, Francis Inquiry Report, General Medical Council (GMC), GMC Sanctions Guidance, GMC Sanctions: Consultation, Good Medical Practice, Harm Free Care, High Quality Care, Hospital Mortality Rates, Hospital-Acquired Infections, IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Improvement Collaboratives in Health Care, Incident Reports, Incorrect Priorities, Information Centre for Health and Social Care, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Trigger Tool, Kaizen, Leadership, Learning From Mistakes, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives, Local Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Measures of Harm, Measuring Safety Culture, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS), Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, Mortality Rates, MPTS Panels, National Patient Safety Alerting System (NPSAS), Never Events, Never Events Data, NHS Culture, NHS England National Patient Safety Alerting System, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHSIQ), NHS Regulation, NHS Safety Thermometer, NHS Safety Thermometer Patient Data, No Harm Culture, Open Culture, Openness, Openness and Transparency, PANICOA (Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in the Institutional Care of Older Adults), Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Collaboratives Programme, Patient Safety Indicators, Patient Safety Strategies, Professor Don Berwick, Quality Control, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality of Care, Quality Patient Care, Regulation, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Responses to the Francis Inquiry Report, Sign Up to Safety Campaign, Sign Up to Safety Pledges, Target-Chasing (Hitting the Target Missing the Point), Training and Capacity-Building, Transparent Learning Culture, Zero Harm, Zero Tolerance Healthcare
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Royal College of Nursing Consultation on Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care (RCN)
Summary The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to review and develop guidance on positive behaviour support (PBS) and the minimisation of restrictive practices across health and adult social care. The consultation closes … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, RCN, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Abuse, Abuse of Vulnerable Adults, Acute Care, Adult Safeguarding, Adult Social Care, Attitudinal Change, Avoidable Harm, Behaviour Support Plans, Best Practice in PBS, Chemical Restraint, Culture of Zero-Harm, De-Escalation Techniques, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), DoLS in Hospitals, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Ethical Considerations, Ethical Dilemmas, Ethics and Decision-Making, Harm Free Care, Least Restrictive Principle, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Medical Ethics, Mental Capacity, Mental Capacity Legislation, Northern Ireland, Openness and Transparency, Openness. Transparency, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Hospital Settings, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Proportionality in Safeguarding, Proportionality: Human Rights and Mental Capacity Legislation, Respect, Respecting Persons with Dementia, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restrictive Practices, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Safeguarding, Safeguarding Adults at Risk, Safeguarding Adults Principles, Safeguarding Older People, Scotland, Transforming Care, Transparency, Transparency and Accountability, Use of Reasonable Force, Wales, Winterbourne View Hospital
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