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E-Newsletter e-Newsletter Issue 30: Spring 2017 Multidisciplinary falls prevention roadshow and information sharing day at Mayo University Hospital Josie Doolan, Falls Team Chairperson, Stephanie Gilger CNM, Lucy Martindale, Assistant General Manager, MUH, Peter Grealis, HCA Manager, Grainne Guiry Lynskey, Quality and Patient Safety Facilitator, Andrea McGrail, Director of Nursing, Catherine Donohue, General Manager MUH, Gracia Gomez Kelly, Occupational Therapy Manager, Mary Weir McDonnell, Senior Physiotherapist, Mary Conlon CNM, Dr Syed Rizvi, Consultant Medical Physician The falls prevention and management team The policy developed by the team at MUH is based on at Mayo University Hospital recently held a best international evidence, it involves multi factorial risk multidisciplinary falls roadshow and information assessment, implementation of an appropriate care plan sharing event. The event took place to officially based on the individual patient’s needs, early referral to launch the new falls prevention and management physiotherapists and occupational therapists, pharmacy policy, a multidisciplinary policy which clearly and other speciality services. It also includes guidance on outlines the roles and responsibilities of all staff the use of falls prevention equipment and technology to in the prevention of falls and the responses when ensure that falls prevention equipment is used safely and a patient suffers a fall. in line with the supporting evidence. Falls among patients in hospitals are the most All members of the multidisciplinary team were involved commonly reported adverse event and is a problem in the development of the policy which also includes which continues to challenge all healthcare facilities clear measures to be taken if a patient does fall and the internationally. For patients, in-hospital falls can lead to medical and nursing interventions necessary. physical and emotional distress, fear of falling, functional Continued on page 19. decline, and in some cases serious injury or death. CONTENTS NEXT ISSUE SUMMER 2017 CEO update The next feature Hospital: Letterkenny University Hospital Update from the Women’s and Children’s Directorate For feedback, comments and suggestions, Feature Hospital - Mayo University Hospital (MUH) please email [email protected] In Other News… 2 Saolta University Health Care Group e-Newsletter Welcome... Table of Contents Welcome to the Spring 2017 edition of the Saolta University Health Care Group newsletter. In this month’s Chief Executive Officer 3 issue, we feature Mayo University Hospital and highlight Group Chief Operations Officer 4 some of the developments taking place there, including a feature on the new falls prevention and management Group Chief Financial Officer 5 policy at the hospital, a look at the work undertaken by Group Director Human Resources 7 the occupational therapy department and an update on the quality and safety developments at the hospital. Group Director of Nursing and Midwifery 9 Women’s & Children’s Directorate News 10 We take a detailed look at the radiology department in GUH and find out more about a new website launched Radiology Directorate 14 by a Saolta Dietician for World Kidney Day. There are Feature - Mayo University Hospital 19 lots of developments and new projects underway in all our hospitals and we would encourage you to take General News 27 the time to read about them and learn some more the work of your colleagues across the Group. 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Despite the pressures on our service, we continue to strive to improve the quality of care delivered by you on the ground to our patients every day. Our Operational Plan for 2017, which is available on the Group’s website, outlines the key objectives for this year, along with the target patient activity figures, financial budget, and key performance indicators. We expect to Maurice Power, CEO care for around one million patients this year and we will again be very busy across all categories of patient activity. We recently welcomed Minister Harris to the UHG the number of patients waiting for inpatient treatment. site and used the opportunity to update him on the As part of these efforts, some
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