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Improving the quality of healthcare

Table of ContentsA. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3B. Background.................................................................................................................................3C. Analysis of data...........................................................................................................................4D. Changing to improve practices...................................................................................................6Strategies to improve practices .......................................................................................................8E. Clinical audit...............................................................................................................................9CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................11

A. INTRODUCTIONClinical governance is defined as an approach which aims at improving the quality ofhealthcare services provided to patients in a healthcare unit and hospitals (Edelman, Mandle andKudzma, 2013). This framework is designed to to continually focus on enhancing the standards andquality of care given to patients so that the mortality rate of patients due to different reasons aredecreased. The clinical governance aims at contributing towards three intentions which are verynecessary for changing the existing rules in a healthcare organisation (Armijo‐Olivo and et.al,2012). They are recognising high standards of care, responsibility and accountability andimprovement by developing dynamic strategies. It is also considered is the aggregation of differentservices which are implemented to improve and support the healthcare process which areformulated and regulated by single orientation. Clinical governance do not follow a particularstructure which is used to improve the quality of health. It only accepts the responsibilities whichare designed by trust board levels of the particular nation (Kizer and Jha, 2014). The report will mainly focus on the main quality issue which is existing in BerkshireHealthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It will also include different data collected from primary andsecondary sources. The outcomes based on issue related to quality concern will be discussed in thereport. Different methods such as Ishikawa's fish-bone, SWOT, or three dimensions tool will beused to gather the data related to existing quality issue in the trust. Further it will explore differentreasons which are responsible for not maintaining the quality of care service provided to patients inBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Practices which will be implemented to change thecurrent condition of national health unit so that the quality of service furnished to all the serviceusers is enhanced in an effective way.B. Background.There are numerous factors which have been influencing the quality of healthcare serviceprovided to patients in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (French and et.al, 2012). Thequality which is demanded and expected by inpatients and outpatients in an hospital has become apredominant part of every service user's life. The main quality concern in this healthcareorganisation is related to inpatient and ambulatory care offered to them. The components whichreduces the care services are inappropriate surgical procedures, spread of nosocomial infection,overuse, under-use of proper follow-up results of different in and outpatients (Smith, Latter andBlenkinsopp, 2014). The results drawn from laboratory test are also inappropriate which leads todifferent problems. Major problems are noticed in the cases of infections related to respiratoryissues and other acute health problems. Due to invariant laboratory results the patient is advised forwrong diagnosis which ultimately leads to prescribing of inappropriate medicines. The other reasonwhich decreases the quality of healthcare in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is

financial issues related to the organisation (Scamell, 2016). If there is continous growth in financialhelp then the service which is furnished to all the patients will not be compromised. With more financial assistance the Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be ableto adopt more basic amenities and technologies which are needed to provide better healthcareservice to in and outpatients (Dehnavieh and et.al, 2013). There are many other factors which areresponsible for influencing the quality of service in a particular healthcare organisation. Otherissues which have a negative impact on the quality of care service is the increased medication andprescription error due to improper knowledge and training. It is very necessary to train all thehealthcare members in a definite manner. The technology present in the Berkshire Healthcare NHSFoundation Trust should also be identified very effectively so that they can have a brief idea oftechnologies and techniques which are required to improve the quality care service given to all thepatients (Renaud, 2014).C. Analysis of dataOutcomesConcern related to patients safety in an healthcare organisation have been increasing dailydue top failures achieved in providing better healthcare facilities (Mohaghegh and Ravaghi,2013). There are alarming numbers of incidents related to harm and injury which have beencaused due to lack of proper practical knowledge and application in the field of healthscience.The main reason behind the increasing rate of harm and injury in Berkshire Healthcare NHSFoundation Trust is the lack proper clinical assistance which is given to all the patients (Kohand et.al, 2013).Recently the gynaecology department of this healthcare organisation was charged ofleaving a cervical cancer patient untreated for almost two years which lead to her death in2013 (Smith, Latter and Blenkinsopp, 2014). Due to the lack of quality in healthcare service, drastic issue outcomes have been reportedwhich also increased the mortality rate of children and adults in the country (Kongstvedt,2012). On of the main reasons which is responsible for growing failures in healthcareorganisation is prescribing and medication errors.Many cases of negligence and wrong prescription and medications have been reported inBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust over past few years (Alonso and Tanner, 2013).Even if the healthcare organisation establishes well known designs and methods to providebetter healthcare services, the medical professionals do not handle all the methodseffectively which leads to accidents and injuries (Keynejad and et.al, 2015).Lack of prop[er management system in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has

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