Head of Quality Improvement, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital NHS Trust.
Deputy Chief Nurse, Innovation and Improvement, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Br J Nurs. 2020 Nov 12;29(20):1198-1205. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2020.29.20.1198.
This article describes a 10-year programme of work that has reduced inpatient falls rate by 46% and how this improvement has been sustained. The methodology applied in this initiative has forced one Trust to challenge expectations about the inevitability of patient falls in hospital. This initiative has resulted in approximately 568 fewer falls each year. Based on costings from NHS Improvement, the estimated 5108 fewer falls between 2011 and 2019 have saved the Trust £13.3 million.
本文描述了一项为期 10 年的工作方案，该方案将住院患者跌倒率降低了 46%，并介绍了如何保持这一改进成果。该方案所采用的方法迫使一家信托机构对医院中患者跌倒的必然性提出质疑。该方案每年可减少约 568 起跌倒事件。根据 NHS 改进的成本估算，2011 年至 2019 年期间减少的 5108 起跌倒事件为该信托机构节省了 1330 万英镑。
