- Assisted Dying Bill
- Assisted Dying Bill Published
- Winners of the Derek Doyle Poster Prize
- Palliative Care Poster Parade
- SPPC Submission to Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
Sharing Current Scottish Practice
Poster abstracts of the month: February
The SPPC Annual Conference in 2015 featured 38 poster displays, sharing work and research underway across Scotland. Each month, this blog focuses on the content of a few of these posters. This month, we focus on:
- Improving Discussion and Documentation of CPR and Escalation Status in the ECC
- Key Information Summary Access and Anticipatory Care Planning in Secondary Care: A Quality Improvement Project
Improving Discussion and Documentation of CPR and Escalation Status in the ECC
Background: Escalation planning and CPR decisions not always considered early enough in patient journey, potentially leading to suboptimal care.
Aim:To assess the standard of documentation in inpatient notes across the ECC wards relating to the discussion of resuscitation and escalation status.
Results: 46 patients’ notes reviewed. 9/46 had DNACPR form of which 6/9 had documented discussion with family. 4/46 patient's had documentation of escalation status. 7/9 forms countersigned by consultant & 3/9 had review date completed.
Summary: If decision for DNACPR has been made then in general all completed and discussed correctly. Poor documentation of any advance planning or DNACPR discussions.
Future - Introduce a Treatment Escalation Plan proforma to the ECC to prompt and aid discussions about escalation and CPR. This work is ongoing.
Key Information Summary Access and Anticipatory Care Planning in Secondary Care: A Quality Improvement Project
Authors: Dr Charlie Hall; Dr Juliet Spiller
The electronic Key Information Summary (KIS) is a vital way of conveying Anticipatory Care Information from Primary to Secondary care. For patients with Anticipatory Care plans, Special Notes and electronic Palliative Care Summaries are now available to hospital teams readily via the KIS.
Using the PDSA approach we undertook audits and interviews to assess: KIS prevalence among patients admitted to a Medical Admissions Unit (MAU) and content of the KIS. We assessed levels of clinician access to the KIS, their opinions of the usefulness and also barriers to accessing the KIS. Evidence of Goals of Care (GOC) discussions with patients at risk of deterioration or dying were also assessed.
The majority of hospital clinicians thought the KIS was useful but many did not know how to access it. Interventions were subsequently trialled including: Education and awareness, trial of an 'Anticipatory Care Planning tab' and introduction of the SPICTTM tool to MAU admissions booklets.
Re-audit showed a significant increase in access to the KIS on admission, but mixed results regarding the use of the new admission documentation and GOC discussions. Further PDSA cycles to test sustainable interventions throughout NHS Lothian are discussed and recommendations made.
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