Safety & Quality Account 2020-21 | 2021-22 Future Priorities

WSLHD Safety & Quality Account

09 LINKING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) TO PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY OUTCOMES Streamlining the Perioperative Screening process for Elective Surgery Hospital Acquired Complications (HAC)

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10 WSLHD ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020-2021 Parenting Plus Program

Australia’s first ‘revived’ kidney transplant at Westmead Health Precinct

The Blacktown End of life Communication Research Project

Multicultural Health Cultural and Linguistic Diverse Community (CALD) Community and Consumer Engagement Program Advanced Life Support (ALS) Team leader training in Virtual Reality (VR) - ALS-SimVR:

WSLHD Vaccination Clinic

Baby Steps Program at Auburn Hospital

Dialysis free-time’ through Incremental Peritoneal Dialysis (IncrPD)

11 COVID-19: A NEW CHALLENGE FOR WSLHD Digital Outreach to high school students in a pandemic

Some of our key achievements during the COVID-19 pandemic

Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals (BMDH) COVID-19 Workforce Strategy Plan

All aboard the physiotherapy telehealth service

Conquering the COVID-19 chaos; A communication lifeline

12 IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES IN OUR COMMUNITY Aboriginal Health – Keeping our community safe

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Got Ya Back Midiga (Aboriginal child sexual assault prevention program for schools)

Gathering place, healing spirits cultural space Support for Aboriginal People (SAP) Program

Aboriginal Palliative Care Worker

13 TRANSFORMING WSLHD: INNOVATION & REDESIGN FOR SAFETY AND QUALITY Urban woodland for habitat and healing

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Official opening of the Clinical Acute Services Building (CASB) at Westmead Hospital

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Research and Innovation

Using 3D printing aiming to improve spinal surgery at Westmead Hospital

Fishing hooks, hammers and falls: the cost of eye-penetrating injuries in Australia revealed

Improving the safety and quality of emergency nursing care

14 REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE AGAINST 2021-22 NSW HEALTH KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

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15 KEY PROJECTS PLANNED FOR 2021-2022

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REFERENCES

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