End of life care initiative of the year

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How to apply

  1. Register an account.
  2. Start your entry (save it in-progress).
  3. Submit your entry to be in the running.

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For any questions, please contact Ryan Bessent

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The right to safe and effective care doesn’t end when someone’s illness becomes terminal, or when their life is drawing to a close. Alongside the unfortunate need to deliver increasing levels of end-of-life care under very challenging circumstances throughout the covid-19 pandemic, other issues such as falls and pressure ulcers may be a risk at end of life. Plus with many patients on multiple medications, there is also the risk of drug errors.

This award will recognise those who have implemented initiatives to ensure consistently safe and high-quality palliative care. That will undoubtedly include teams in hospices but will equally include those working in any other part of the health and care system. Entries can focus on specific areas of safety in palliative care or have a more general focus on safe care for patients coming to the end of their lives.

Eligibility

Entries are welcomed from all parts of the NHS and public sector health and social care system. Judges are looking for projects which can demonstrate patient safety at their core but have experience, care, staff morale, training and awareness as drivers.

Ambition

  • Describe the context of the care operation, including the organisation’s position withi the health and social care system and integration with other related bodies
  • Identify the need for improvement in care and what steps were taken to put this initiative in place
  • Outline the goals set, what checks and balances were in place, and how success could be measured
  • Explain how the initiative was informed by existing best practice or evidence

Outcome

  • Evidence that the initiative has led to an improvement in safety for patients receiving palliative and end of life care as a direct result of the initiative
  • This must include a quantitative aspect, and can cover any aspect of the safe delivery of care but can also include qualitative measures such as patient feedback.
  • Discuss how the initiative has helped improve integration across organisations, and how this has led to improved safety
  • What other benefits have been realised as a result of the project?

Spread

  • How have your team worked within your organisation to disseminate the success of this initiative? Are the achievements being replicated or scaled within other departments, specialisms or organisations?
  • Describe any work that partner or collaborating organisations have done to share results

Value

  • Demonstrate how the initiative has enhanced the patient experience or ability of staff to manage care more effectively
  • Outline how any collaborative or partnership work, redesign of pathways or treatments, or training has helped deliver financial value as well as value to the patient.
  • Provide testimonials from patients and stakeholders to help support the entry.

Involvement

  • Show how patients were involved in decisions around their care, and their views were embedded in the design of the initiative
  • Evidence how a multidisciplinary approach was taken, with all relevant parties fully engaging in the work. This should include managers, medics and nurses as well as patients and families.
  • Provide detailed evidence which supports a culture in which all members of staff can raise concerns and make suggestions for improvements

End of life care initiative of the year

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End of life care initiative of the year
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To find out more

Contact James Mowatt for information on how to get involved with the Patient Safety Awards 2020 on 0207 608 9095 or email at james.mowatt@wilmingtonhealthcare.com