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Meet Asmahan, a patient safety partner at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
A patient safety partner works with the healthcare team to make sure patients are safe and shares the patient's point of view to improve care.
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Improving safety through collaboration, connection and behaviour change
Helping Our Teams Transform (HOTT) is a programme developed at the Trust that uses behaviour nudges, human factors and team building to improve safety, effectiveness and efficiency within teams.
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Reducing unnecessary cannulation at Charing Cross Hospital
A project to address unnecessary cannulation in A&E at Charing Cross Hospital has managed to improve patient comfort, create cost savings and reduce carbon emissions.
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Why safeguarding victims of domestic abuse is more important than ever
As England goes back into lockdown to limit the spread of Covid-19, those experiencing, or at risk of domestic abuse, can find themselves isolated. Adult safeguarding lead nurse specialist Anoushka…
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Listening and learning from our patients and local communities during Covid-19
Hannah Fontana, strategy, research and innovation programme manager, explains how we’re approached learning from the experiences of our patients and communities during the first wave of Covid-19, so…
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Ensuring safety under pressure
Professor Tim Orchard, Trust medical director, reflects on the issues raised from the tragic death from sepsis of six-year old Jack Adcock at Leicester Royal Infirmary in 2011
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Why A&E is struggling to be a ‘place of safety’ for mental health patients in crisis
Waiting times for people with a mental health problem attending one of our A&E departments are steadily rising. Like most acute NHS trusts, we don’t provide mental health services directly. Instead,…
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For great hospital care, let’s focus on what patients with dementia can do, not what they can’t
Being admitted to hospital can be a confusing and stressful experience for a person who has dementia, so ward staff need to work together to provide the extra support they need. At Imperial College…
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Why fewer, more specialist stroke units are saving lives
In this week’s blog post, Dr Arindam Kar, consultant stroke physician at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, explains how the Trust’s stroke service works and why we helped to consolidate…
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Our local children’s services offer real evidence that integrated care models can help solve NHS challenges
To provide high quality and safe care we must work closely with our patients, their families and our partners – primary, secondary and community healthcare providers – in order to navigate and…
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We all have a role to play in fighting antimicrobial resistance
This week is Antibiotic Awareness Week and Mark Gilchrist, consultant pharmacist at our Trust, is leading efforts to educate staff and patients about the safest, most effective ways to use…
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Under pressure – how we’re reducing pressure ulcers in our hospitals
Pressure ulcers can be a serious problem for patients who cannot move easily or are wearing medical devices. In this blog post, Sue Burgis, head of practice and innovation in the nursing directorate…
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Ready for a major incident: how to ensure we’re prepared for the worst
We need to be ready to deal with a major incident whenever it happens – whether it’s a bomb blast or bus crash. It's vital there are plans in place to ensure we can carry on providing safe,…
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Quality improvement is everyone's job
One of our biggest achievements last year was developing a quality improvement (QI) programme that we are embedding across our organisation.
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Pressure on emergency departments
Like many NHS Trusts, we have been struggling for some time to meet the national standard for 95 per cent of people attending emergency departments to be assessed, treated and admitted, or…
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Closing in on integrated care
For many years, integrated care has been seen as the NHS’s holy grail – providing high quality care, tailored to the individual, seamlessly and efficiently. It’s a key element of NHS England’s Five…