• Br J Nurs · Mar 2014

    Implementing the Safety Thermometer tool in one NHS trust.

    • Catherine Buckley, Katrina Cooney, Eileen Sills, and Eamonn Sullivan.
    • Safety Thermometer Lead.
    • Br J Nurs. 2014 Mar 13;23(5):268-72.

    AbstractTo address measurement of patient safety, the NHS in England has introduced the NHS Safety Thermometer using the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN) scheme. The scheme offers a financial reward to all providers of NHS care measuring four common harms using the NHS Safety Thermometer on one day each month, with further incentives to achieve improvement goals in subsequent years of the scheme. This article discusses the background to the scheme and a rationale for the focus on pressure ulcers, falls in care, catheter use and urinary tract infection, and venous thromboembolism. The implementation process for this scheme in a large NHS foundation trust is detailed together with its effect within the authors' organisation on harm-free care for their patients.

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