4.1 Patient Safety This table sets out our 5 key goals for Patient Safety last year and how we have done on each. Our Patient Safety What we aimed to How did we do? Quality Priorities and achieve why we chose them In Pressure sore 10% less patients will We have achieved this target. 2014/15 reduction. acquire a pressure we said ulcer April to October Incident reports of pressure ulcers our No. Pressure ulcers are 2014 and 15% less reduced by 25% during the first six 1 goal debilitating for patients patients October 2014 months of the year and by 35% was: and so have been one to March 2015 during the last six months. of our highest-ranked Quality Priorities (along with infection control) We will have Peer review did occur in July 2014 ever since our first set undergone a peer – led by Somerset Clinical of Quality Accounts. review process and Commissioning Group. The panel implemented actions found many areas of good practice Although this has recommended from and made recommendations for improved we have not this. improvement in our nursing made the progress we documentation and incidents would wish and will management. continue to have a high focus on this area. We will have partnered We partnered with North with community Somerset Community partnership, colleagues to our colleagues in Social Care and undertake a public product suppliers, to undertake a facing prevention public pressure ulcer awareness campaign campaign in support of world Stop Pressure Ulcer Day 2014. Our Wound care Expert and her colleagues ran a stand for the public in Weston’s Sovereign Shopping Centre and spoke to many staff who work in social care settings.
4.1 Patient Safety This table sets out our 5 key goals for Patient Safety last year and how we have done on each. Our Patient Safety Quality Priorities and why we chose them What we aimed to achieve How did we do? In 2014/15 we said our No. 1 goal was: Pressure sore reduction. Pressure ulcers are debilitating for patients and so have been one of our highest-ranked Quality Priorities (along with infection control) ever since our first set of Quality Accounts. Although this has improved we have not made the progress we would wish and will continue to have a high focus on this area. 10% less patients will acquire a pressure ulcer April to October 2014 and 15% less patients October 2014 to March 2015 We will have undergone a peer review process and implemented actions recommended from this. We will have partnered with community colleagues to undertake a public facing prevention campaign We have achieved this target. Incident reports of pressure ulcers reduced by 25% during the first six months of the year and by 35% during the last six months. Peer review did occur in July 2014 – led by Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group. The panel found many areas of good practice and made recommendations for improvement in our nursing documentation and incidents management. We partnered with North Somerset Community partnership, our colleagues in Social Care and product suppliers, to undertake a public pressure ulcer awareness campaign in support of world Stop Pressure Ulcer Day 2014. Our Wound care Expert and her colleagues ran a stand for the public in Weston’s Sovereign Shopping Centre and spoke to many staff who work in social care settings.
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