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Understanding Patient Safety Issues In Mental Health | Niche Health and Social Care

2023-11-27 3 Dailymotion

Website: https://www.nicheconsult.co.uk/<br /><br />The complications of getting to the root causes of mental health safety issues are generally well-known: <br /><br />Is the issue due to staffing levels, staff vacancies, and the use of banks and agencies? Perhaps affected by the seniority and longevity of ward and team managers?<br />Is it an issue of clinical practice pertaining to the therapeutic model of care e.g., the use of restraint or the use of drug therapy as a single modality?<br />Is it an issue of a closed culture that has allowed such practices to go unchecked? This may be impacting incident reporting, resulting in safety flags not being raised.<br />Are there much softer issues that can potentially be explanatory, such as a lack of MDT working, the absence of nurses in MDT meetings, poor staff survey results, or a lack of service user engagement? Do these softer issues all point towards a problematic care environment resulting in poor patient safety?

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