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WINNER:

Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust: Pilot of a Novel Combined Anaesthetic and Geriatrician Pre-assessment Clinic for Older People with Colorectal Cancer

As a team already providing care to frail patients, the trust developed a clinic to provide comprehensive geriatric assessment to older adults and frail patients undergoing elective colorectal cancer surgery alongside their conventional anaesthetic assessment. Patients see a geriatrician and anaesthetist in the same appointment, providing a streamlined assessment experience and an opportunity for shared decision-making. Results have demonstrated lower mortality and increased access to curative cancer surgery for older age groups. Patient and colleague feedback has been resoundingly positive. The trust has multiple planned avenues of expansion for the service. The judges felt this project successfully enhanced patient safety and outcomes.

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Highly commended:

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT: Preventing Hospital Acquired Pneumonia: Introducing the COUGH Care Bundle

Finalists:

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust: BHRUT AF Stroke Prevention Hub

Devon Partnership Trust: Salus Ward Simulation Pilot - Using Simulation Based Methods to Safety Test A Newly Built Mental Health Ward

Isle of Wight Council and Isle of Wight Trust Ambulance Service: Isle of Wight Wightcare/Ambulance Falls Response Pilot

Lancashire and South Cumbria FT: Advocacy for Autistic People in Mental Health Inpatient Settings

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB: Patient Safety Risk Approach

South London and Maudsley FT: Reducing Restraint and Restrictive Practice (R3P) Peer Support Service

University College London Hospitals FT: GP Referral Chest X-rays - Radiographer Led Fast Track to Further Imaging Pathway

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Winners of Patient Safety Awards 2023 revealed