Forest Dialysis Unit

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• Overview
• Assessing needs
• Delivering evidence-based care and treatment
• How staff, teams and services work together
• Supporting people to live healthier lives
• Monitoring and improving outcomes
• Consent to care and treatment

We assessed 1 quality statement around delivering evidence based care and treatment. Staff assessed people, so the care and treatment provided met their needs. This included both their mental and physical health and any personal circumstances that needed to be considered. However, medical reviews were not always happening consistently. Staff worked in a strong culture of evidence-based practice. Staff worked together and with others when assessing people’s needs and shared information to maintain continuity of care.

This service scored 12 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.

We did not look at Assessing needs during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Effective key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

Staff gave people clear information about their care and treatment needed to support both their physical and mental health. Staff met people’s nutrition and hydration needs. Patient had access to specialist nutritional advice on a regular and on an ‘as and when’ needed basis. People said they could always get the advice they needed.

Staff used the services’ systems to follow the latest guidance and evidence-based practice. The service kept its database of guidance up to date. Staff used information given regularly in safety briefings and newsletters to implement new guidance or changes to existing procedures. They used effective tools for screening sepsis and acted on any indicators of concern.

The services’ intranet contained a comprehensive range of up-to-date policies and standard operating procedures which reflected current practice. It had guidance for staff around collaboration with multi-agency teams and for delegation of clinical tasks to ensure the right people delivered evidence-based care and treatment. However, medical reviews were not always happening on a monthly basis as planned.

We did not look at How staff, teams and services work together during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Effective key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

We did not look at Supporting people to live healthier lives during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Effective key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

We did not look at Monitoring and improving outcomes during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Effective key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.

We did not look at Consent to care and treatment during this assessment. There is no previous rating for the Effective key question so we cannot yet publish a score for this area.