- Title
- Patient falls and missing patients
- Reference Number
- RF23-385
- Request Details
- For the last 5 years on average per year, how much has the Trust paid out in compensation claims in relation to falls?
- For the last 5 years please provide the number of patients that absconded from wards and which wards these were.
(absconded – a inpatient that has left a ward without informing a staff member, making them a missing person)
- In the last 5 years on average per year, how much has the Trust paid out in compensation claims in relation to absconds from a ward?
- Does the Trust have a Falls Group that meet to discuss fall reduction strategies for inpatients? If yes, how often do they meet?
- Can you please identify the Lead Nurse in overall charge of the Falls Group?
- Please can you provide contact details for the Staff Member in the public domain identified in question 5?
(the staff member or members in the public domain representing the Falls Group and Trust. As this person is within the public domain, their NHS email address and contact details should be able to be shared with out breaching the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR guidelines.)
- Does the Trust currently use any Falls Management Equipment? Such as, sensor pads (chair, bed or floor) with alarm monitors, inferred sensors etc
- Could you please identify the company that supplied the equipment and the product supplied?
- Is there a contract in place from a company that has supplied the Trust with falls equipment?
- If yes, what company and when does this come to an end or is up for renewal?
- Can you out line the procurement procedure for a company providing a free demonstration of Falls Equipment?
- Responses
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- rf23-385-response.pdf
- rf23-385-question-2.xlsx
- Date of Disclosure
- 12/09/2023