Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

“The Trust has an ongoing programme of digital development to implement digital systems to support clinical teams to work effectively and safely. A project feasibility request has already been raised to assess the need for a digital solution to support referral management. This is the route whereby needs are reviewed and scoped to develop proposals and business cases to place the need on the Trusts 'digital roadmap' (the overall programme of work to mature the Trusts digital systems). There are several”

“Taken: The mode of transport to the department for the investigation for an inpatient is specified on the form by the doctor making the request. This should be done in discussion with the nursing staff. However, the patient's condition may change from the time of the request to the investigation being undertaken and so a further assessment should be made by the registered nurse (RN) caring for the patient at the time of transfer of the patient. When Mr [name redacted] was going for his investigation, it was”

“As part of the response to the Regulation 28 this has been recommunicated across the Trust via: - Trust wide safety alert (attached) - A discussion at a Ward Manager's meeting with the Director of Nursing on 12 May 2021 to ensure that a Nurse (either a Registered Nurse or a Healthcare Assistant) always assists the Porter with the transfer of the patient on their return to the ward from another department”

“taken: Falls awareness training is currently being delivered by the Falls Practitioner to all Portering staff. This training includes making Porters aware of visual alerts that patients at risk of falls have in place, for example yellow wrist bands and icons both at their bed space and on the patient safety screens near the nurses' station. The expectations around undertaking falls awareness training for Porters will be included in the Procedure for Managing Inpatient Falls. This training will now be”

“The Trust does have a process in place for trying to backfill vacant shifts in the Emergency Department. At the first instance we will attempt to contact our own doctors via the Departmental Consultants or Medical Staffing representative making contact. We will also advertise via external agencies at the same time to ensure that every attempt is made to fill the gap. | attach a copy of the flow charts used to backfill vacant shifts.”