Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

“The Governing Governor is also committed to encouraging an environment in which all staff, including those who are not directly employed by HMPPS, feel able to raise concerns about an individual's management and will discuss with the Head of Healthcare how healthcare staff can be empowered to do so in accordance with Prison Service Instruction 16/2015 Adult Safeguarding in Prison.”

“We have also provided £1.6 billion of funding over two years to support the NHS and local authorities to ensure timely and effective discharge from hospital.”

“The current system for urgent and immediate care of patients with Emergency Neurosurgery needs will continue with the referral being made through the bleep system to the on call Neurosurgical Registrar. [name redacted] effect from Monday 23rd September 2019 the referrer will be asked a question to gauge if the call is urgent or routine in nature. The urgency of the call will be communicated to the r Registrar via the bleep system which will enable them to prioritise urgent calls over less urgent tasks. If”

“we are doing everything we can through our new standards and assurance processes to ensure that nurses entering our register and maintaining their registered practice are properly trained in managing falls and conducting observations, no matter what their area of specialism, the age or background of the person they are caring for, or the context in which they are providing care”

“The UHB has recently opened a falls simulation training suite in the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) and there are plans for a further suite to be sited in University Hospital Llandough. All qualified and support staff are encouraged to attend simulation workshops on falls prevention management and post fall care. The training covers the management of an unwitnessed fail including how to respond to a head injury.”

“The UHB uses the Bristol Matrix, a decision making tool which is used to support the identification of patients who require psychiatric assessments. This decision making can also be conducted jointly with senior mental health staff.”

“The Trust has also undertaken the recruitment of 90 additional staff, who are undergoing training and will be operational by December 2018. Whilst the increase in staff is pan Wales, a proportion of the new staff will be operational in the Cardiff and Vale area. This will enable the Trust to increase the number of staff available.”

“WAST has reported that at times of increased demand, capacity to undertake welfare calls is reduced and it is currently considering options to increase capacity on its clinical support desk which provides support and advice over the telephone, as well as opportunities for third sector organisations and other agencies (e.g. Police, Fire and Rescue Services) to support the delivery of welfare checks, particularly for patients who have experienced a delayed response.”

“The University Health Board has taken the opportunity to completely review the systems and processes in place for the storage of ECG investigations. The Cardiac Physiology Department hosts a system called MUSE which allows for electronic storage of ECGs. Currently, a limited number of departments utilise this system. Bwrdd lechyd Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro yw enw gweithredal Bwyrdd lechyd Lleol Prifysgol Caerdydd a'r Fro Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is the operational neme of Cardiff and Vate University Local Health Board sage An upgrade to the MUSE software is anticipated to be released shortly.”