The child and adolescent mental health wards were rated Inadequate overall and for safe, responsive and well-led services, and Requires Improvement for caring and effective services.
The concerns primarily focused on West Lane Hospital, it was not delivering safe care. There were substantial and frequent staff shortages and staff did not adequately assess, monitor or manage risks to patients. When patients demonstrated higher levels of risk, staff did not follow processes and procedures to mitigate these through appropriate observation and engagement.
Driving improvement through technology’ includes examples from across health and social care. These range from apps that help people to take more control of their care, to digital systems for sharing care records.
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) have made significant improvements to their Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) indicators. They have done some great work to improve equality within their workforce. This is making a real difference in the working environment and the quality of care they provide.
Following improved access and optimisation of the website, the NICE guidance app will no longer be available for download with plans to phase it out by January 2019.