welearn Wednesday: Recognising a deteriorating patient

October 19, 2022

In case you missed it, each month as part of welearn Wednesdays we present a new learning pack identified as a key learning topic from local serious incidents, investigations, complaints, litigation, or coroner cases. The learning may not have a direct link to your area of work, however the learning provides an opportunity to reflect on some of the wider issues that could be useful for you to consider.

This month we are we are sharing learning from incidents relating to identifying, escalating, timely response and planning care of deteriorating patients. The deteriorating patient is a patient that moves from one clinical state to a worse clinical state, increasing their risk of disease, organ failure, prolonged hospital stay or death. Learning alerts for deteriorating patients can be found by clicking here.

Click here for this month’s newsletter to find out more.

For further details please see How to recognise a deteriorating patient information sheet.