Background
The NHS Safety Thermometer is a local improvement tool for measuring, monitoring and analysing patient harms and ‘harm free’ care. Throughout 2011, the QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) Safe Care coalition and over 160 NHS provider organisations developed and tested the NHS Safety Thermometer. The tool measures four high-volume patient safety issues (pressure ulcers, falls in care, urinary infection (in patients with a catheter) and treatment for venous thromboembolism). This web-area is designed to provide guidance and support to help you and your organisation successfully roll-out Safety Thermometer.
Resources
This link to the harm free care website contains many other useful resources to help organisations achieve harm free care. There are tools to help you build a good team for the harm free care initiative, an area to read case studies and experiences of organisations to share best practice with and you can also upload your own. There are learning sessions and educational PowerPoint’s and videos along with a range of internet and downloadable resources to supplement your own knowledge.
The tool and surrounding information –
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/services/nhs-safety-thermometer
Background on the tool –
http://www.harmfreecare.org/measurement/nhs-safety-thermometer/
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/.../documents/digitalasset/dh_133859.pdf
User Guide for the tool –
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/Services/Safety%20Thermometer/NHS_Safety_Thermometer_User_Guide_v2.pdf
Help and Guidance forum -
http://www.networks.nhs.uk/nhs-networks/nhs-safety-thermometer-technical-and-analytical
The 10 steps to success!
201213 CQUIN Guidance (463.2KB)
Step 1 - Understanding how we measure harm in healthcare (2.1MB)
Step 2 - What is Harm Free Care (1.6MB)
Step 3 - What is the NHS Safety Thermometer (2.4MB)
Step 4 - Understanding the Definitions (1.4MB)
Step 5 - How does the NHS Safety Thermometer work (1.6MB)
Step 6 - Organising Data Collection (1.5MB)
Step 7 - Training Staff (1.9MB)
Step 8 - Trouble Shooting merging and submitting data (1.5MB)
Step 9 - Making Graphs (1.2MB)
Step 10 - Using data to make change (3.8MB)
Safety Thermometer 11 FAQ (110.3KB)
NHS_Safety_Thermometer_User_Guide_v2[1] (1.3MB)
Measurement_Timetable_2012_v3[1] (96.2KB)
Upcoming training and webinars
On 18th July from 2pm-3pm there will be a web seminar on the topic of Safety Thermometer in a community setting.
The web seminar, delivered by community teams, will explore some of the challenges and successes community nurses faced during early implementation of the safety thermometer. There will be an opportunity for you to learn practical skills and discuss ways of implementing the safety thermometer together with raising questions about any particular issues you have encountered in this area. To retrieve dial in details for this web seminar please send an email to info.safetythermometer@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk
Support
For any questions please send an email to info.safetythermometer@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk and we will deal with your query as soon as possible.
SAFETY THERMOMETER SUPPORT CONTACTS (41.5KB)
