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Aug 2019
20 per cent increase in NHS Dumfries and Galloway ‘adverse effects’ in 12 month period
In the last year, the trust reported 6,423 incidents which could have jeopardised patient safety, a figure which has risen by 20 per cent.
Although most of the incidents were minor (slips, trips or falls), 125 were reported as ‘significant’, having the potential to cause serious harm or death.
Eddie Docherty, nurse director at the trust, said “We can trace our adverse events very carefully and have been very, very actively promoting the recording of them.”
He went on to say that there had been a particular focus on the most serious cases, adding “Over the last three to four years we have put a significant amount of effort into particularly that type of adverse event because we know healthcare isn’t as safe as it could be.”
He added that the more “information and scrutiny applied”, the better the system would become.
“I think there has also been a perception issue – people didn’t know that that was expected or that they were able to do so.
“I think that’s why we’ve seen significant step change over a number of years as we have really promoted that aspect of healthcare.”
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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.
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