Don’t let your handover go horribly wrong – learn how to use structured communication to improve handover and escalation using SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation). This video produced by the West of England AHSN with Sirona Care and Health choir and staff is a catchy way to remember the elements of SBAR. This video is aimed at staff working in care homes…
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Our Managing Director, Deborah Evans shares a candid insight into the final moments with her mother… I’ve always been struck by the title of Chinua Achebe’s novel Things Fall Apart. My mum died recently and in her case it was much more like Things Come Together. Mum lived in a brilliant Brunel Care home called Saffron…
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We’re delighted to announce that a number of high profile programmes led by or involving members of the West of England Patient Safety Collaborative are in the running for the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017. The winners will be announced at the Patient Safety Congress on 4 July 2017 in Manchester. Emergency Department (ED) safety…
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51 attendees from 25 organisations across the West of England gathered on Monday 13 March to hear expert speakers update on the current state of the evidence for falls safety work. Attendees shared local policies and procedures working in different settings and came up with solutions to common issues in interactive group sessions. All the presentations from…
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Our new film tells the story of Paul from North Somerset, who made a quick and full recovery from sepsis as a result of NEWS (the National Early Warning Score) being communicated at every handover of care. We are working with all members of the West of England Patient Safety Collaborative to encourage the use of a single…
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NICE launched their draft sepsis quality standard on 10 March 2017. The West of England AHSN is pleased to note that a number of the quality statements included in these draft standards are already being addressed through regional initiatives as part of our Deteriorating Patient programme. Quality statements 1. People with suspected sepsis are assessed to stratify…
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Our Primary Care Collaborative event at the beginning of March brought together seven practices from across the West of England, enabling those involved in Cohort 1 to share their learning with practices interested in Cohort 2. Representatives received certificates of participation and carried out virtual practice visits to share their learning with each other. Cohort 1 participants…
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Members of our Patient Safety team attended the launch of the national Maternal and Neonatal Health Safety Collaborative at the QEII Conference centre in London last month. This was a high profile launch, with speakers including Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health, and Mike Durkin, NHS National Director for Patient Safety. The new collaborative is a…
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Steven West, Chair of the West of England AHSN and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England, explores how we can come together to create solutions that are sustainable, affordable and acceptable to all NHS stakeholders? Our NHS and social care system are one of the country’s greatest assets. They are a fantastic gift that we…
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We are inviting expressions of interest from practices by 28 February 2017 to become part of Cohort 2 of the West of England Primary Care Collaborative. Within GP practices, just as in any organisation, a better safety culture is associated with greater satisfaction and engagement from staff – the safer the culture, the better the…
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