Worcestershire Royal Hospital

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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 rated effective as good.

This service scored 75 (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. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

People we spoke with did not raise any concerns about not receiving care that did not meet evidence based practice.

Through our discussions with staff and review of patient records it was clear staff followed professional guidance. Meeting minutes from a streaming working action group held in May 2024 demonstrated best practice guidance had been considered.  

Processes supported the delivery of evidence based practice. Patients with confusion were assessed using a recognised scoring system. Skin integrity, falls assessments, national early warning scoring and sepsis screening were all in place and followed in line with national guidance. Patients with head injuries received in-depth scanning when meeting the required criteria and the safe management of insulin was observed during the inspection.  There was a process for reviewing and updating best practice guidelines used within the service, this included scrutiny at a succession of working groups and committees before roll-out to all staff members.

We did not look at How staff, teams and services work together during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Supporting people to live healthier lives during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Monitoring and improving outcomes during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.

We did not look at Consent to care and treatment during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Effective.