Hospital Trust: Safety is top priority

Dr Sally Bradley, Medical Director

The Trust that runs the Rochdale Infirmary has marked National Patient Safety First Week this week by reinforcing key messages to all staff about patient safety.

The campaign focuses on promoting patient safety and the Trust’s work to reduce patient falls, pressure ulcers, catheter-related infection and venous thromboembolism (VTE or blood clots) prevention.

All employees, including senior nursing teams and executive managers, are actively involved in getting out and about across the sites, promoting patient safety messages. Every member of staff is required to set a personal objective for the year related to improving patient safety.

Information stands and posters are being prominently displayed and staff will be at sites to talk directly to staff about patient safety in addition to the regular programme of executive management patient safety walk-rounds.

As part of the Trust’s commitment to improving patient safety across the organisation, it has signed up to the Safety Express Collaborative and has been chosen as a host organisation for the programme within the North West.

The Trust’s new Medical Director, Dr Sally Bradley, said: “Patient safety is absolutely the top priority for this Trust and all our staff working across all our sites. Through our involvement in the national Safety Express programme and by supporting and using this campaign locally to promote patient safety, we are determined to ensure our key practices and high standards are embedded into all our services.”