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

Review of Performance Against 2021-2022 NSW Health Key Performance Indicators WSLHD Safety & Quality Account

HOSPITAL ACQUIRED NEONATAL BIRTH TRAUMA 66.1 occasions of hospital acquired neonatal birth trauma per 10,000 bed days.

NEONATAL BIRTH TRAUMA

105 100 95

96.6

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90

72.6

66.1

65.5

63.6

Number of Incidents per 10,000 bed days

2019-20

2020-21

NSW

WSLHD

WSLHD upper rate limit 2021

2020-21 WSLHD upper rate limit ≤ 96.6

IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES • Comprehensive antenatal risk assessments and following best practice guidelines for delivery • A comprehensive service wide review commenced in 2021 with multiple improvements implemented across WSLHD including increased resources, improved networking and collaboration and better access to data to drive quality improvement.

INPATIENT ABSCONDING 18.9 incidents per 1,000 episodes of care.

ABSCONDING - MENTAL HEALTH

20.0

18.9

18.0

17.5

16.0

14.0

12.0

10.0

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

Number of Incidents per 10,000 bed days 0.0

2019-20 WSLHD

2020-21 WSLHD

Target rate 0

Denominator is all patients who were involuntary for all or part of their care.

IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES • A review conducted to identify trends in relation the time, method, location and patient outcomes • Data obtained is being utilised to inform minor capital works and consideration of furnishings within inpatient units and courtyards to reduce incidence of absconding from the inpatient units.

PHOTO: Blacktown Newborn Care Mother and Baby Kangaroo Time. Helen Hanna and Baby Christelle.

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