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View article: 1 Involving families and carers in learning from deaths
1 Involving families and carers in learning from deaths Open
Background In 2018, the National Quality Board published national guidance aiming to improve how we engage with and support families/carers after death. The guidance requires trusts to ask if families had any concerns about the care their …
View article: 116 Measuring the impact of end of life care quality improvement (qi) projects
116 Measuring the impact of end of life care quality improvement (qi) projects Open
Aim To demonstrate the application of QI methodology to improving end of life care (EOLC), using improvement data (run charts/statistical process control charts (SPC)) to measure the impact of interventions. Background QI methods are appl…
View article: 46 Using a quality improvement approach to improve treatment escalation plans and reduce cardiac arrests at a large acute nhs trust
46 Using a quality improvement approach to improve treatment escalation plans and reduce cardiac arrests at a large acute nhs trust Open
Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is effective for a minority of patients, with survival to discharge of less than 20%. A recent UK review of in-hospital CPR attempts identified failure to recognise patients at risk of cardiac…
View article: Let's all get home safely: a commentary on NICE and SCIE guidelines (NG27) transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings
Let's all get home safely: a commentary on NICE and SCIE guidelines (NG27) transition between inpatient hospital settings and community or care home settings Open
Safe and appropriate transition between inpatient settings and the community is one of the major challenges facing the modern NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in conjunction with the Social Care Institute for Exce…