Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality Account 2016-2017

Dare to Share Learning Events
We have a number of methods for sharing
learning following a clinical incident in order to
keep our patients safe. This year we developed
a new meeting to spread important safety
information among a wide multidisciplinary
audience and this has recently been shortlisted
for has been shortlisted in the Clinical
Governance & Risk Management in Patient
Safety category of the Patient Safety Awards
There have been four of these ‘Dare to Share’
events held which have each focused on
learning from adverse events which have
occurred within the Trust, supporting us on our journey to deliver the best possible care. The staff
involved in the incident share their own experiences and there has been an open dialogue about
factors which contributed to the incident.
The events have been organised by our governance department and supported by the Medical
Director. Each event consists of presentations and we have focused on a wide range of topics
including:
Unexpected admission to ITU
Use of an alarm system for monitoring patients’ heart rate
Never Events
Care of the patient treated with
Non-Invasive Ventilation
Safer sharps
MRSA bacteraemia
Mental Capacity, Deprivation of
Liberty and Medication
To date, the events have been attended by
over 200 members of staff from a variety of
disciplines all of who have been
encouraged to share their thoughts on the
trusts learning tree.
During the meeting all attendees are
encouraged to document the learning that
they will take away and share with their
colleagues. At the following meeting those
who attend are asked to describe how they
have change practice and what they have
done differently as a result of the meeting.
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