NCEPOD Studies: Gastro-intestinal haemorrhage Yes 50% Sepsis Yes Still open Tracheostomy Yes 100% The total number of National Clinical Audit/Confidential Enquiries which collected data during the year was 31 meaning that the Trust took part in 87% of all National Audits. Fourteen national clinical audits published their reports in the last year: National Lung Cancer Audit Project National Bowel Cancer Audit Project IBD National Audit Oesophago-gastric Cancer Audit Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease National Audit of Seizure Management National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion Consent National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion Anti-D National Audit of Rheumatoid and Early Inflammatory Arthritis Acute Coronary Syndrome Asthma in Children Paracetamol Overdose Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Pleural Procedures There are many actions that Weston Area Health Trust is taking to improve the quality of healthcare provided and examples are below: National Clinical Actions Audit/ Confidential Enquiry Title Chronic Obstructive A quality improvement project is underway to ensure that clinical staff Airways Disease prescribe oxygen and refer all patients to the respiratory specialist nurse. Bowel Cancer More detailed assessment is underway, led by the Trust’s Lead Consultant and reporting to the Quality and Governance Committee. Severe Sepsis and A quality improvement project is underway, looking at changes in Septic Shock processes to ensure that the Sepsis 6 bundle is adhered to for 100% of patients National Comparative A quality improvement project is underway, to ascertain blood Audit of Blood management practice and transfusion Transfusion Consent
NCEPOD Studies: Gastro-intestinal haemorrhage Sepsis Tracheostomy Yes Yes Yes 50% Still open 100% The total number of National Clinical Audit/Confidential Enquiries which collected data during the year was 31 meaning that the Trust took part in 87% of all National Audits. Fourteen national clinical audits published their reports in the last year: National Lung Cancer Audit Project National Bowel Cancer Audit Project IBD National Audit Oesophago-gastric Cancer Audit Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease National Audit of Seizure Management National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion Consent National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion Anti-D National Audit of Rheumatoid and Early Inflammatory Arthritis Acute Coronary Syndrome Asthma in Children Paracetamol Overdose Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Pleural Procedures There are many actions that Weston Area Health Trust is taking to improve the quality of healthcare provided and examples are below: National Clinical Audit/ Confidential Enquiry Title Actions Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease A quality improvement project is underway to ensure that clinical staff prescribe oxygen and refer all patients to the respiratory specialist nurse. Bowel Cancer More detailed assessment is underway, led by the Trust’s Lead Consultant and reporting to the Quality and Governance Committee. Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock A quality improvement project is underway, looking at changes in processes to ensure that the Sepsis 6 bundle is adhered to for 100% of patients National Comparative Audit of Blood Transfusion Consent A quality improvement project is underway, to ascertain blood management practice and transfusion