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The 2024 National Audit of Inpatient

Falls (NAIF) report on 2023 clinical data from the Royal College of Physicians

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MTW Trust policies and action cards on Falls prevention

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MTW Trust policies and action cards on Falls prevention

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Access the following MTW Policies and action cards on Falls Prevention via the Falls Prevention Intranet page:

Links and resources

Management of slips, trips and falls policy and procedure

Action card: if a patient falls while in hospital

Action card: recommendation for assessment of head/spinal injuries

Advice on the prevention of patient slips, trips and falls and the safe use of bedrails (standard print leaflet)

Avoiding slips, trips and falls for non-inpatient use (standard print leaflet)

Medicines that may contribute to falls [pdf] 24KB

FallSafe guidance notes [pdf] 89KB

Data collection audit form [pdf] 98KB

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Patient Information Leaflet- Slips, trips and falls

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Patient Information Leaflet- Slips, trips and falls

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Information for patients, carers and relatives on the prevention of slips, trips and falls

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Slips, trips and falls and the safe use of bedrails[STANDARD PRINT LEAFLET][CORE] (2)

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As part of ‘Think Yellow’, patients identified as being at high risk of a fall will be provided with a yellow blanket and a pair of yellow anti-slip socks – these visual cues will help staff quickly recognise them as high-risk patients.

‘Think Yellow’ aims to reduce the occurrence and severity of falls, improve patient outcomes, and ensure all staff are equipped with the knowledge and tools to prevent falls.

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MTW Patient Safety Incident Response Plan

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MTW Patient Safety Incident Response Plan

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The MTW Patient Safety Incident Response Plan (PSIRP) is available on the Patient Safety page of the MTW website.

The patient safety incident response plan sets out how Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust intends to respond to patient safety incidents over the next 12 to 18 months. The plan is flexible and can be changed in response to new and emerging patient safety issues. Therefore, we will remain vigilant and consider the specific circumstances in which patient safety issues and incidents occur and the needs of those affected.

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High quality and safe care is of paramount importance to us. We want you to have good experiences and the best possible outcome from the treatment and care you receive. We are also a learning organisation and are keen to review where things have not gone as expected, where we have not met your expectations or when errors have occurred.

We have a number of systems and processes that ensure there is continual review, responsiveness and assurance that we listen, review and identify where we can improve.

Patient safety

The Patient Safety team work closely with clinical staff, and patients and relatives, when incidents occur. We aim to be open and transparent, telling patients and relatives when things have not gone as expected and saying sorry when errors have occurred. This ensures we maintain good relationships with our service users and meet our statutory Duty of Candour requirements.

Staff are expected to report all incidents to enable a review to take place, learning identified and changes made to reduce the risk of re-occurrence.

Where patient safety incidents happen that meet the criteria set out within the Patient safety incident response plan (PSIRP), a learning response will be commissioned. We aim to keep patients, their families and carers involved in the learning response process and kept updated on its process.

Resources

Contact us

The Patient Safety team can be contacted at mtw-tr.patientsafety@nhs.net or by telephone on 01622 729000 (extension 34055 or 28967).

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Patient safety - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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High quality and safe care is of paramount importance to us. We want you to have good experiences and the best possible outcome from the treatment and care you receive. We are also a learning organisation and are keen to review where things have not gone as expected, where we have not met your expectations or when errors have occurred.

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How to take postural blood pressure video

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How to take postural blood pressure video

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How to take postural blood pressure | BMJ Learning

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Access DynaMed with an OpenAthens account.

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BMJ Best Practice Topic- Assessment of falls in the elderly

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BMJ Best Practice Topic- Assessment of falls in the elderly

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Assessment of falls in the elderly - Differential diagnosis of symptoms | BMJ Best Practice

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Older adults aged ≥65 years are more likely to fall than younger adults (OR 2.84 [1.77-4.53]). Falls are often multifactorial in origin. Identifying the circumstances surrounding, and the symptoms associated with, a fall helps to determine the underlying cause, which in turn emphasises the impo…

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The Royal Marsden Manual chapter on Prevention of falls

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The Royal Marsden Manual chapter on Prevention of falls

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View the chapter on Prevention of falls from the Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical and Cancer Nursing Procedures. Access with an OpenAthens account.

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Prevention of falls - Royal Marsden Manual

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The Royal Marsden Manual Online edition provides up-to-date, evidence- based clinical skills and procedures related to essential aspects of a person’s care.

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