HSJ Awards 2015: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust
West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust – The hip fracture journey through the lives of Alice and Dorothy
With a hip fracture mortality rate of 12 per cent in 2012-13, West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust set out to redesign the pathway.
Alice was 84, sustained a hip fracture, and was admitted to hospital distressed, frightened and challenging to manage.
Alice was given pain relief, transferred to a general ward and made it to evening theatre 15 hours after being admitted. She received general anaesthetic and later, on the surgical ward, antipsychotic drugs. No-one called or visited. During the night, she deteriorated and died.
Dorothy came in after the service redesign. The 95-year-old also sustained a hip fracture and came in distressed, frightened, and restless.
Dorothy was seen quickly in A&E by senior specialists and transferred to the neck of femur ward. The specialist nurse ensured care was coordinated and tailored. Alongside comforting words, a junior doctor administered fascia block pain-relief. Dorothy was fast-tracked to theatre and given spinal anaesthesia. Recovery was uneventful.
The changes to a people-centred philosophy saw mortality dramatically reduce to 5.4 per cent in 2014-15. Average length of stay has been cut by more than two days, saving about £400,000 per year.
Judges hailed the “value driven” and “patient centred” approach and said West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust was a clear winner in this category.
Finalists
- Central Manchester Foundation Trust – iUROWARD: improving safety and experience for urology patients
- Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, SUDEP Action and Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust – EpsMon: the future: a mobile app for patients with epilepsy (PWE) to self-monitor their safety
- Locala Community Partnerships – Under pressure: reducing patient harm from pressure ulcers
- Royal Brompton Hospital – The SPRinT programme: high quality in-situ training for actual improved workforce delivery of patient care and safety
- West Middlesex University Hospital Trust – Heads-up
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust – Improving patient safety and reducing harm through the development of an acute kidney injury specialist service
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