Prospective Risk Assessment in a Mental Heath Trust
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Prospective Risk Assessment in a Mental Heath Trust
A Study About Ways to Improve the Quality of Care in Mental Health Services
This research is a CLAHRC fellows project and the fellow is Dr Jenny Spencer.
The Project PI is Dr Terry Dickerson, Assistant Director of the University of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre.
The project Sponsor is Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) through the NIHR CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
What We Did
AimTest whether two methods for prospectively identifying risk could be efficaciously adapted to a mental health environment.
Goal 1. Verify and validate the use of these tools in a mental health setting.2. Ideally, improve patient safety and the quality of clinical care in mental health settings.
Outcome measures
Primary – Comparison of managerial Prospective Hazards Analysis and clinical staff Quality Assurance Data Collection results.
Secondary – Change in Patient Safety Culture using MAPSAF. Change in the number and severity of reported near misses and SUIs.
Aim of the Study
Hazards List
NumberBrief
SummaryDescriptio
n
Most likely worst case Consequen
ceProbabilit
y Severity
Current Layer of
protection l
Teams affected
Environments
Change required
Implemented
Hazard 001
Patients might..
Feel suicidal .. Death Likely Severe CPN, 6
years AO, Crisis Community
Hazard 002
Staff might..
assess a skin
condition ..
First aid Certain Minor Jr Dr (SHO)
Old Age, Adult Inpatient
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hazards List
NumberBrief
SummaryDescriptio
n
Most likely worst case Consequen
ceProbabilit
y Severity
Current Layer of
protection l
Teams affected
Environments
Change required
Implemented
Hazard 001
Patients might..
Feel suicidal .. Death Likely Severe CPN, 6
years AO, Crisis Community
Hazard 002
Staff might..
assess a skin
condition ..
First aid Certain Minor Jr Dr (SHO)
Old Age, Adult Inpatient
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Compare and contrast
• Classify problems using WHO patient safety classification system
• Add or change categories as needed
Prospective Hazards Analysis Quality Assurance Data Collection
Health Services Research: Evidence Based Practice
Assess the Clinical Safety and Effectiveness of the Quality Assurance methods under study using Adequate and Appropriate Research techniques (Quantitative, Qualitative and/or Mixed Methodologies)
Main Study Flowchart
QA Arm - Control• Cambridgeshire North
•No Intervention• Out-of-Hours Service
• CR&HT Service
2011 2013Oct Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
SepProject Setup• Project Protocol• QA Tool Design
• CPFT Permissions• Peer Reviews• Ethical Review
Routine Quality Indicators Setup | Collection and Monitoring
QA Arm - Intervention• Cambridgeshire South
• QA Intervention• Out-of-Hours Service
• CRHT Service
QA Arm - Control• Cambridgeshire North
• No Intervention• Out-of-Hours Service
• CRHT Service
PHA Arm• Consists of a management workshop
• Takes place early in this period
Project Reporting• Formal
• Objectives 1, 2 and 3
= MaPSaFTimings are indicative
Blinding (as far as practicable)
Blinding (as far as practicable)
The Challenges We Faced
Project size and goals (? too big)
Project Set up (1 year)
• Ethics approval, Sponsorship, Peer review, Indemnity/Insurance, Grant Contracts, Feasibility, Commercial charges, Service Support Costs, Identification of PI, Letters of access/Honorary Research contracts
Service provider buy-in
Staff engagement
Changes initiated by other people
What We LearnedResults: Problem classification
What We LearnedResults: PHA vs QADC concerns
Conclusion
• The success of the project is still being assessed• Use of the PHA tools revealed differences in safety
concerns between management and staff• Management concerns primarily revolved around
staffing issues• Frontline staff concerns included staffing issues and
other issues such equipment management• Culture assessment data revealed
• Concerns around patient and staff safety• Team safety was rated higher than organisational
safety• We plan to compare PHA results with trust safety data
“Design for Patient Safety” Department of Health 2003
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