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GROUNDVISION

A Vision for Patient safety

FirstDO NO HARM

SecondTHROUGH INACTION ALLOW A PATIENT TO COME TO A HARM*

*Failure to rescue a deteriorating patient.

‟Developing and adopting a standardised early warning

system will be one of the most significant developments in

health care in the next decade”

Professor Derek Bell, chair of the NEWS educational subgroup

‟There is nothing nurses and doctors should prioritise more

than patient safety, and this system, if implemented across the board, will be a great leap

forward for patient care. ”

RCN director of nursing and service delivery, Janet Davies

‟ Many changes in health care are incremental but this new

National Early Warning Score has the potential to transform

patient safety in our hospitals and improve patient outcomes, it

is hugely important”

Professor Bryan Williams, chair of the working party

‟One consistent theme throughout almost all of the organisations reviewed was

the management of complex deteriorating patients and the monitoring of Early Warning Scores. The basic failure of observation at ward level

gives rise to multiple problems following on from

this, most notably for some of the organisations an increase

in renal failure and nosocomial pneumonia.”Keogh Report 2013

‟Nurse staffing levels and skill mix will appropriately reflect the caseload and the severity of illness of the patients they

are caring for and be transparently reported by

trust boards.”

Keogh Report 2013

‟All trusts should rapidly embed the use of an early warning system and have

clinically appropriate escalation procedures for

deteriorating, high-risk patients - in particular at

weekends and out of hours. Commissioners and regulators

should seek assurance that such systems are in place.”

Keogh Report 2013

‟6,000 deaths could be

prevented by using the

National Early Warning Score”

One study carried out by a trust found a 43% error rate in Early Warning Scores when using a paper based method for

data collection.

Another Study by Mohammed, Hayton, Clements, Smith and Prytherch demonstrated 40% error rate

A safe ward requires patients to have

the right observations taken at the right time

and with the appropriate staffing and

skill mix based on patient acuity and

dependency.

Our solution recognises the need for a holistic approach to observations

that takes into account patient acuity and staffing.

Electronic recording of observations ensures the right observations at the right time and our integrated

acuity based model ensures there is the right level of staffing and skill mix

to perform these observations.

Lower Hospital Standardised Mortality Reduced Length of Stay Increased level of compliance and transparency Improved Accuracy Reduced Nurse Sensitive patient safety incidents Reduced cost.

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