Priority 7: Improve the safety of our service users, carers, staff and visitors Aim
Why
What we will do
Ensure that the people who work with us and visit us are safe from harm.
We have a duty of care to our staff, service users and visitors to ensure no undue harm comes to them.
Implementation of Mental Health Safety Thermometer as an early implementer site. Continue to implement NHS Safety Thermometer for physical health care services Implementation of national guidance related to the management of aggression and violence.
How will we measure our progress Pressure ulcer reporting.
Standards/ Goals Reduction in the prevalence of pressure ulcers The number of patients recorded as having a category 2-4 pressure ulcer (old or new) as measured using the NHS Safety Thermometer on the day of each monthly survey
Increased reporting of medicines related incidents (higher level of reporting/ lower level of amber/red incidents).
TBA
Progress against our measures set out in our 2014-15 Quality Account will be reported to our Board of Directors, Clinical Governance and Clinical Safety Committee and to our Council of Members, at our Members Council Quality Sub Group.
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