Public Board of Directors papers 29.09.22

1. Safe

1.6 – Harm Free Care

The target for 2022/23 is no more than 26 category 2, deep tissue injuries or unstageable pressure ulcers (or less than 0.5/1000bed occupied days a month). No patients have developed category 3 or 4 pressure ulcers.

There were 3 in-patient falls with harm in August - all minor harm. There were 2.4 falls per 1000 occupied bed days in month, and 2.7 over the year. This compares to a national average of 6.63 falls per 1000 occupied bed days. The trust target is no more than 3.35 falls per 1000 occupied bed days.

All harms are discussed at Friday FoCUS (a multi-professional forum for shared learning) 42

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