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Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust: Inpatient Pain Team - Mobile Block Service

The development and successful roll-out of a Mobile Block Service at Stoke Mandeville Hospital is a first for trusts in the region, said organisers. The service provides rapid regional analgesia – numbing a particular part of the body for pain relief – for patients admitted with traumatic rib fractures and who are at risk of deterioration, wherever they are in the hospital, not just in theatres.

ICU admissions from rib fractures have fallen from 22 per cent to less than 1 per cent, and deaths in 30 days from 9 per cent to 5 per cent. The project was highly praised by the judges for surpassing award criteria, showcasing impressive outcomes, and widespread and strong patient involvement. Judges foresee its potential national implementation as the gold standard in innovation for benefiting a high-risk group.

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Highly commended

Gloucestershire Health and Care FT: Integrated Community Team Therapists Identifying the Deteriorating Patient in the Home Setting

Finalists

Black Country ICB: Frailty Recognition, End of Life and Early Deterioration (FREED)

Cardiff and Vale UHB: Redesigning and Implementing Critical Care Outreach Services to Make it Inclusive for all Acutely Unwell Adult Ward Patients

Frimley Health FT: Patient Safety Benefits of Labkit Point of Care CRP Testing in the Hospital@Home Frailty Service

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children FT: Improving Response to Acute Deterioration in Patients in a Paediatric Setting

Guy’s & St Thomas’ FT: E-CPR

Medway FT: Reducing Avoidable Cardiac Arrest Calls in Acute and Emergency Care, A “Patient First” Frontline Led Collaborative Journey

The Dudley Group FT: Deteriorating Patient Pathway

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Winners of Patient Safety Awards 2023 revealed