Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

“We have produced several guidelines to help clinicians treating children presenting with fever and symptoms such as those in the case of [name redacted]. These include; fever in under 5s: assessment and initial management [NG143], sepsis: recognition, diagnosis and early management [NG51] and sore throat (acute): antimicrobial prescribing [NG84].”

“have been strengthened, with the Division of Urgent Care now assuming full responsibility for the Corporate Site management team to ensure a full and co-ordinated focus is maintained on safe patient flow and ambulance handover delays. Other”

“internal referrals to the ENT department need to be sent straight to the Central Registration department for them to take action and upload the information on the referral, and send this electronically to the ENT consultants for triage”

“Following receipt of the Regulation 28 Report a review of the nurse staffing levels was undertaken by the Senior Nurse [name redacted] of the Emergency Department.”

“a full acuity audit will take place during the month of June. This will provide essential intelligence to support a triangulated re-calculation in August 2021, to determine appropriate nurse staffing levels on all Community Wards in YYF.”

“Care The Health Board fully accepts that protecting hospital patients from falls and the related harm is the responsibility of the entire multidisciplinary team, both registered and non-registered staff. This is extensively supported by the evidence base and national guidance, which the Health Board both endorses and works to incorporate in its approach to protecting patients whilst in hospital. It is clear from the death of Mr [name redacted], and other serious incidents where hospital patients have fallen,”

“The Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Division is reviewing its processes to ensure that involvement of third sector and other organisations is recorded sooner, thus ensuring that such organisations are also invited to participate when they have been involved in a person's care. This invitation will be sent in letter format as opposed to the pro forma format described above.”

“The Health Board has a Winter Resilience plan which is designed to manage the peaks of demand and capacity through the winter period when services are under significant pressure. The plan was developed with stakeholders and partners to ensure actions and initiatives described within the plan are shared, agreed and delivered in partnership. The plan is monitored by all stakeholders, including WAST, on a weekly basis and also reviewed and monitored by the Health Board's Executive Team each week.”