Carer Newsletter – Winter 2022/23
Welcome to our first issue of Together with friends, family and neighbours.
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Incontinence Care and Advice Protocol
support for staff who care for patients experiencing incontinence.
Category: Procedures
Topic: Clinical
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Safe Staffing Levels Escalation Procedure (Inpatient)
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the daily management of the ward ensuring the optimal staffing levels are met which meet the patients’ needs as determined by risk and level of acuity. Additionally, when planned staffing levels are insufficient to meet current patient needs from an increased demand due to patient acuity, that staff are clear about how to escalate this for support from senior nurses and managers in order to identify and redeploy human resources to maintain safety as and when necessary.
Category: Procedures
Topic: Clinical
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Tear proof clothing procedure
Whilst staff will make every attempt to support an individual’s behaviour using the principles of Positive Behaviour Support and least Restrictive Practice, it is acknowledged that occasions may occur where due to the level of distress or presentation of a patient’s behaviour, staff will be required to restrict a patient’s access to their typical day time clothing providing them with special tear-proof clothing (TPC) as an alternative. This procedure details the requirements for safe use of TPC.
Category: Procedures
Topic: Clinical
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FP10 Prescription Management
FP10 Prescription Management procedure describes all processes that are involved in the Management and Handling of FP10 prescriptions. This has been produced to provide guidance in the event of an incident that involves FP10 prescriptions
Category: Procedures
Topic: Pharmacy
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Cleaning Procedure
This Cleaning Procedure ensures all cleaning-related risks are identified, minimised and managed on a consistent, long-term basis, irrespective of where the responsibility for providing cleaning services lies.
Category: Procedures
Topic: Health and Safety
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Paliperidone LAI – PSS002
Paliperidone LAI PSS002 prescribing safety series document supports prescribing “depot” injection for management of schizophrenia in adult patients who have both responded to oral risperidone but would benefit from a long-acting formulation
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
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Lurasidone – PSS001
Prescribing Support Series document supporting safe prescribing of Lurasidone.
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
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Liquid oral medicines – MSS12
MSS12 - Liquid oral medicines promotes safer measurement and administration of liquid medicines via oral and other enteral routes and reducing risks of wrong route errors with oral liquid medicines
Category: Medication Safety Series
Topic: Pharmacy
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An independent investigation into the care and treatment of Emily in West Lane Hospital and Lanchester Road Hospital by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
An independent investigation into the care and treatment of Emily in West Lane Hospital and Lanchester Road Hospital by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust and our Assurance Statement (published November 2022).
Category: External report
