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NHS Lanarkshire carries out its 100th patient safety walk round
Safety officials from NHS Lanarkshire have completed their 100th safety leadership walk round, which sees senior management visit clinical areas to improve patient safety.
The walk rounds enable departments across the organisation to have an open discussion with management about patient safety and receive help to rectify any issues at the highest level.
The 100th walk round took place at the radiology department at Hairmyres Hospital.
It saw chief executive Calum Campbell, chair Neena Mahal and Jane Murkin, head of patient safety and improvement visiting the radiology department to support staff to deliver safe patient care.
Jane Murkin, head of patient safety and improvement for NHS Lanarkshire, said: “NHS Lanarkshire is committed to patient safety and has an aim to be the safest healthcare provider in the country.
“On a daily basis, our staff demonstrate a devoted duty of care to their patients. Staff have embraced the opportunity to share their patient safety issues, experiences and express their views on such an important topic.
“The walk rounds have taken place across hospital wards, clinics and departments and aim to increase awareness of safety issues among all staff.”
After each walk round, a report with key safety issues and actions is shared with the team and with the hospital managers. The report outlines the discussion that took place and any actions that have been given to the team to improve safety.
Eddie McGoldrick, radiology manger, who was involved in the 100th walk round, said: “As a team, we aim to have patient safety at the forefront of what we do.
“It was great to have the opportunity to reassure management that our staff strive to do their best to ensure the safety of patients. We did today identify some key safety issues and actions that we shall continue to progress further work on
“We have a learning culture in our department, therefore we also appreciated the actions that we were given at the walk round in order to constantly improve the care for patients who visit our department.”
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