1. NHS Safety Thermometer Summary of Trust Wide Results November 2014
Joanna Logan
Professional Development

2. Harm Free Care = 91.04% (below the target of 95% )
Key Headlines
Harm Free Care = 91.04% (below the target of 95% )
Types of Harm (compared to last month)
All Pressure Ulcers (PUs) n= 45 (↑ 17 cases)
New PUs n= 2 (No change)
All Falls n= 15 (↑ 6 cases ) / Falls with Harm n= 8 cases (↑ 6 cases )
Catheters and UTIs n= 18 cases (↑ 11 cases )
Catheters and New UTIs n= 3 cases (↑ 2 cases)
VTE Risk Assessment completed or not applicable = 86.38%% (↓ 1.14%)
VTE Prophylaxis given or not applicable = 77.91% (↓ 7.19%)
New VTE’s n= 4 (↑ 3 cases) (diagnosed on admission)
 Month
Dec-13
Jan-14
Feb-14
Mar-14
Apr-14
May-14
Jun 14
Jul14
Aug14
Sept 14
Oct 14
Nov 14
No. Surveys
791
883
801
831
782
829
784
777
762
755
785
815
No. Harm Free
746
843
758
726
771
728
706
712
747
742
% Harm Free
94.31%
95.47%
94.63%
95.19%
92.84%
93.06%
92.86%
95.88%
92.55%
94.30%
95.16%
91.04%

3. Dashboard % per month for all areas

4. Dashboard Number of cases per month for all areas

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 3c.Pressure Ulcers – New & Old Number of cases per month for all areas (CQUIN-reducing prevalence of new PUs)

12. 3d.Pressure Ulcers – New & Old % of cases per month for all areas (CQUIN-reducing prevalence of new PUs)

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

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

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

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

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. Further Information
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