Clinical Governance, July 2017

Clinical Governance, July 2017

This bi-monthly bulletin covers literature relating to clinical governance, with a section devoted to patient safety, and should be of interest to a variety of NHS staff. It is intended as an information tool to help you keep up to date with developments in your area of clinical expertise and interest. It is not an expression of organisational policy. The inclusion of a guideline, system, tool or similar in this newsletter does not imply that it is used, or should be implemented, within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

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Infection Control

REILLY, J. and MULLINGS, A., 2017. The national agenda for Healthcare Associated Infection, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention and Control in Scotland: Structures, current priorities and programmes. Journal of Infection Prevention, 18(4), pp. 210-212.

VELLA, V., et al, 2017. Bed utilisation and increased risk of Clostridium difficile infections in acute hospitals in England in 2013/2014. BMJ Quality & Safety, 26(6), pp. 460-465.

Patient Experience and Engagement

BROOKS H., et al, 2017. Exploring the potential implementation of a tool to enhance shared decision making (SDM) in mental health services in the United Kingdom: A qualitative exploration of the views of service users, carers and professionals. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 11(1) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: 42. ate of Pubaton: 28 Jun 2017. 

CUNNINGHAM M. and WELLS, M., 2017. Qualitative analysis of 6961 free-text comments from the first National Cancer Patient Experience Survey in Scotland. BMJ Open, 7(6) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: e015726. ate of Pubaton: 01 Jun 2017.

DE SOUZA, S., et al, 2017. Patient involvement in rheumatology outpatient service design and delivery: a case study. Health Expectations, 20(3), pp. 508-518.

HASAN, H., et al, 2017. Intravitreal injections service: a patient experience evaluation. British Journal of Nursing, 26(12), pp. 678-682.

Patient Safety

DE BRÚN, A., et al, 2017. PReSaFe: A model of barriers and facilitators to patients providing feedback on experiences of safety. Health Expectations, 20(4), pp. 771-778.

GORDON, M. and JONES, H., 2017. Prospective ongoing prescribing error feedback to enhance safety: a randomised controlled trial. Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, 33(8), pp. 387-394.

HARRISON, R., et al, 2017. Enacting open disclosure in the UK National Health Service: A qualitative exploration. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 23(4), pp. 713-718.

INADAKIM M., et al, 2017. Defining and measuring suspicion of sepsis: An analysis of routine data. BMJ Open, 7(6) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: e014885. ate of Pubaton: 01 Jun 2017.

LAWTON, R., et al, 2017. Can patient involvement improve patient safety? A cluster randomised control trial of the Patient Reporting and Action for a Safe Environment (PRASE) intervention. BMJ Quality & Safety, 26(8), pp. 622-631.

MACKINTOSH, N., et al, 2017. Working for patient safety: a qualitative study of women's help-seeking during acute perinatal events. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 17, pp. 1-13.

MOCKFORD K. and O'GRADY, H., 2017. Prevention of surgical site infections. Surgery (United Kingdom), (pagination), pp. ate of Pubaton: 2017.

SHEARD L., et al, 2017. Exploring how ward staff engage with the implementation of a patient safety intervention: A UK-based qualitative process evaluation. BMJ Open, 7(7) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: e014558. ate of Pubaton: 01 Ju 2017.

Primary Care

POURNARAS, D.J., et al, 2017. Assessing the quality of primary care referrals to surgery of patients with diabetes in the East of England: A multi-centre cross-sectional cohort study. International journal of clinical practice, 71(7), pp. n/a-n/a.

PRICE, J., et al, 2017. Repeat prescribing of medications: A system-centred risk management model for primary care organisations. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 23(4), pp. 779-796.

RICCI-CABELLO, I., et al, 2017. Patients' evaluations of patient safety in English general practices: a cross-sectional study. British Journal of General Practice, 67(660), pp. e474-e482.

SHERINGHAM, J., et al, 2017. Variations in GPs' decisions to investigate suspected lung cancer: a factorial experiment using multimedia vignettes. BMJ Quality & Safety, 26(6), pp. 449-459.

Quality Assessment and Improvement

CROWE, S., et al, 2017. Combining qualitative and quantitative operational research methods to inform quality improvement in pathways that span multiple settings. BMJ Quality & Safety, 26(8), pp. 641-652.

DENHAM, S., et al, 2017. Quality of care provided in two Scottish rural community maternity units: a retrospective case review. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 17, pp. 1-11.

GALICZEWSKI, J.M. and SHURPIN, K.M., 2017. An intervention to improve the catheter associated urinary tract infection rate in a medical intensive care unit: Direct observation of catheter insertion procedure. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 40, pp. 26-34.

HANDLEY M., et al, 2017. Dementia-friendly interventions to improve the care of people living with dementia admitted to hospitals: A realist review. BMJ Open, 7(7) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: e015257. ate of Pubaton: 01 Ju 2017.

MARSHALL, M., et al, 2017. What we know about designing an effective improvement intervention (but too often fail to put into practice). BMJ Quality & Safety, 26(7), pp. 578-582.

NIXON, M., et al, 2017. Improving healthcare by promoting time efficiency through standardisation of hospital wards. British Journal of Healthcare Management, 23(6), pp. 281-284.

PANNICK S., et al, 2017. Translating staff experience into organisational improvement: The HEADS-UP stepped wedge, cluster controlled, non-randomised trial. BMJ Open, 7(7) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: 014333. ate of Pubaton: 01 Ju 2017.

Service Design, Evaluation and Improvement

BROWN, M., et al, 2017. Improving diabetes care for people with intellectual disabilities: a qualitative study exploring the perceptions and experiences of professionals in diabetes and intellectual disability services. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 61(5), pp. 435-449.

SWANCUTT, D., et al, 2017. Not all waits are equal: an exploratory investigation of emergency care patient pathways. BMC Health Services Research, 17, pp. 1-10.

WEAVER, N., et al, 2017. Concepts, models and measurement of continuity of care in mental health services: A systematic appraisal of the literature. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 24(6), pp. 431-450.

Staff Roles, Skills, Effectiveness and Practice

BAKER, E. and FATOYE, F., 2017. Clinical and cost effectiveness of nurse-led self-management interventions for patients with copd in primary care: A systematic review. International journal of nursing studies, 71, pp. 125-138.

BALLANTYNE, H., 2017. Undertaking effective handovers in the healthcare setting. Nursing Standard, 31(45), pp. 53-61.

HENDERSON I., et al, 2017. Advanced and extended scope practice of diagnostic radiographers in Scotland: Exploring strategic imaging service imperatives. Radiography, 23(3), pp. 181-186.

HILL, B., 2017. Do nurse staffing levels affect patient mortality in acute secondary care? British Journal of Nursing, 26(12), pp. 698-704.

JOHNSON, J., et al, 2017. Burnout mediates the association between depression and patient safety perceptions: a cross-sectional study in hospital nurses. Journal of advanced nursing, 73(7), pp. 1667-1680.

PRINGLE, S.A., 2017. The challenges of upskilling health care assistants in community nursing. British journal of community nursing, 22(6), pp. 284-288.

SAMPSON R., et al, 2017. Improving the primary-secondary care interface in Scotland: A qualitative exploration of impact on clinicians of an educational complex intervention. BMJ Open, 7(6) (pagination), pp. Arte Number: e016593. ate of Pubaton: 01 Jun 2017.

Reports

ABERCROMBIE, J., 2017. General surgery: GIRFT Programme national specialty report. Getting It Right First Time. Available: http://gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/national-general-surgery-report-published-2/ [09.8.17]

THE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 2017. Enhancing the use of scientific evidence to judge the potential benefits and harms of medicines. The Academy of Medical Sciences. Available: http://acmedsci.ac.uk/policy/how-can-we-all-best-use-evidence [09.08.17]

DAYAN, M.; EDWARDS, N., 2017. Learning from Scotland’s NHS. Research report. Nuffield Trust. Available: https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/learning-from-scotland-s-nhs [09.08.17]

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, 2017. Improving the working environment for safe surgical care. A discussion paper from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.  Available: https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/news-public-affairs/reports-and-campaigns/improving-the-working-environment-for-safe-surgical-care [09.08.17]

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