NHS Safety Thermometer Summary of Trust Wide Results March 2015 Joanna Logan Professional Development

Harm Free Care = 93.11% (below the target of 95% ) Types of Harm (compared to last month) All Pressure Ulcers (PUs) n= 38 (↑ 6 cases) New PUs n= 1 (↓ 5 cases) All Falls n= 7 (↓ 7 cases ) / Falls with Harm n= 1 cases (No change ) Catheters and UTIs n= 10 cases (↑ 1 case) Catheters and New UTIs n= 2 cases (↑ 1 case) VTE Risk Assessment completed or not applicable = 89.67% (↑ 0.41%) VTE Prophylaxis given or not applicable = 84.13% (↑ 2.95%) New VTE’s n= 8 (↓ 8 cases) (diagnosed on admission) Key Headlines MonthApr-14May-14Jun 14Jul14Aug14Sept 14Oct 14Nov 14Dec 14Jan 15Feb 15Mar15 No. Surveys No. Harm Free % Harm Free 95.19%92.84%93.06% 92.86%95.88%92.55%94.30%95.16%91.04%93.00%93.37%93.11% 2

Dashboard % per month for all areas 3

Dashboard Number of cases per month for all areas 4

1a.Harm Free % per month for all areas 5

6 1b.Harm Free Number of cases per month for all areas

2a.Types of Harm % per month for all areas 7

2b.Types of Harm Number of cases per month for all areas 8

3a.Pressure Ulcers - All % of cases per month for all areas 9

3b.Pressure Ulcers - All Numbers of cases per month for all areas 10

3c.Pressure Ulcers - New % of cases per month for all areas 11

3d.Pressure Ulcers - New Numbers of cases per month for all areas 12

13 4a.Falls -All Number of cases per month for all areas

14 4b.Falls with Harm Number of cases per month for all areas

5a.Catheters and UTIs Number of cases per month for all areas 15

5a.Catheters and New UTIs Number of cases per month for all areas 16

6a. VTE Risk Assessment % of cases per month for all areas 17

18 6b. VTE Prophylaxis % of patient’s per month for all areas

19 6d. All VTE’s % of patient’s per month for all areas

20 6e. New VTE’s % of patient’s per month for all areas

21 6e. New VTE’s Number of patient’s per month for all areas

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