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The purpose of this policy is to define the clinical and professional expectations for continence promotion and care in RCHT.Keywords: Continence, Diseases, Incontinence, Incontinence services, Continence Promotion, Continence Care, Continence Management.

The policy sets out Trust practice and guidance for urinary catheterisation in adults.Keywords: Urinary Catheter, Urinary Catheterisation, Catheter, Catheterisation, Continence, Incontinence.

Outlies the full process of recruiting and managing Advanced Practitioners in RCHT. Keywords: Advanced Practice, Advanced Practitioner, Trainee Advanced Practitioner.

A guideline to help health professionals to recognise and treat patients presenting with anaphylaxis.Keywords: Anaphylaxis; resuscitation; adrenaline.

To ensure the safety of all patients both in hospital and in their own homes whilst promoting their independence and respecting their right to make their own decisions about their care. To set out best practice in the provision, prescription, use, maintenance and fitting of bed rails.Key words: Bed rail, low bed, falls, entrapment, restraint, bed lever, loan equipment

Standard Operating Procedure to outline the standard Board, Ward, and Rapid Round activities, including roles and responsibilities.Keywords:Board Round, Ward Round, Rapid Round Discharge Planning and Coordination.

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) provides staff with the organisation's expectations for the standard of care in completing a care rounding.

This policy outlines the support available from Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) for all carers who are providing formal or unpaid care to patients while receiving hospital treatment.Keywords: carers, carer, mental capacity act, consent, carers assessment, discharge, young carers, carers policy, carers passport, carer support.

To set the standards for clinical supervision undertaken by health care professionals and other clinical staff across Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. To clearly articulate the need and process by which staff receive supervision.All clinical staff should review this policy for full details of how it affects them.keywords: Clinical, Supervision, Coaching, Mentoring, HARP.

This SOP provides staff with the organisation's expectations for the standard of care in completing core nursing assessments and care plans.Keywords: Nursing Care Plans, Nursing Assessments.

Provide guidance on the roles and responsibilities when enacting Corridor Care due to lack of bed capacity. Keywords: Corridor Care, Patient Flow.

The aim of this local procedure is to improve the clinical management of necrotic pressure ulcers, facilitating rapid removal of the necrotic tissue to reduce risk of sepsis.

This policy sets out the framework for the review and approval of all Trust procedural documents which require amendment due to the implementation on electronic patient record (eCare). This policy is relevant to all policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines and non-procedural documents that are published via the Trust's Internet or Intranet, or stored on speciality shared drives where reference to a patient record, or the workflow needs to be updated in readiness for adopting eCare.Keywords: ECare, documents, policies, policy, SOPs, review, update.

This policy provides staff with the organisation's expectations for the standard of care in delivering enhanced care.

To provide guidance on the assessment of falls risk and management of patients who fall in hospital.Keywords:Fall, falls policy, inpatient, falls risk, MFRAT, post fall protocol, serious injury, post fall huddle, flat lifting equipment, fall care plan.

To provide explanation to all staff (clinical and non- clinical) about why harm reviews should be carried out and the standardised approach to harm reviews.for all specialties to follow along with clearly defined roles and responsibilities of those involved.Key words:Harm review, potential harm, Clinical HarmReview Panel, risk stratification

This document is applicable to all staff who: are competent in negative pressure therapy, work within a clinical setting, participate in the care of patients with VAC therapy.

The policy describes the Trust's policy and process for positively identifying patients

This SOP provides staff with the organisation's expectations for the standard of care in completing post falls assessment and management in the outpatient areas.

This policy sets out the framework to guide evidence-based care in the prevention and management of pressure ulcers. Keywords: Ulcer, pressure, category, tissue viability, repositioning, equipment.

Provision of Safe Sedation for Adult patients by non- specialist anaesthetists/ other clinicians, outside of the theatre environment at RCHT.

This standard operating procedure provides staff with requirement to deliver meaningful activities to vulnerable patient groups in hospital. A Structured way to provide meaningful: work, rest and play activities for vulnerable patients.

This document sets out Standard Operating Procedures for the efficient use of the Safe Care module.Keywords: Safe Care, Safecare, safe staffing, eRoster, Rostering. Safecare Nurse Staffing Meetings.

Risk assessment, equipment and staffing policy for patient transfers in and between hospital sites.Key words: Transfer, critically ill, critical care, outreach, transportation, trauma, aeromedical.

Safe implementation and use of The Water Drop system to support hydration for appropriate patients.Supporting clinical care with the hospital's Nutritional Steering Group (NSG).

The purpose of this SOP is to ensure the Trust has a standardised approach to the conduct of Safety Huddle across all inpatient clinical areas within the Trust.Keywords: Safety Huddle; Safety Briefing; Patient Safety; Communication; Handover.

This policy describes the steps that must be taken to ensure that any surgical or invasive procedure is performed on the correct patient, the correct site and, if applicable, with the correct implant.Keywords: WHO, Safe Site Surgery, Checklist, Safety Safer Surgery. Safer. Site. Surgery.

Guideline to the screening and treatment of Sepsis in adults who either present themselves at the hospital or develop sepsis whilst an inpatient. The implementation of the electronic sepsis screen on eObservations and the implementation of the NICE Guidelines (NG51).Links to holistic consideration, antimicrobial stewardship, Sepsis6.Keywords: Sepsis, Adults, NICE, Sepsis 6.

This policy is to support staff who have experienced sexual misconduct at work and for the manager who will support them.

Guidance on when and how to access support from the Tissue Viability service.

Guidance to staff regarding Treatment Escalation Plans and cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions.Keywords: Death, TEP, Resuscitation, A.N.D., DNAR, DNACPR, 2222, CPR, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Resus, LCP, Liverpool care pathway.

Guidance on the appropriate assessment, treatment and management of adults presenting with suspected urinary tract infection.

This guideline is to support the use of bed and chair sensor alarm mats with adult patients.Keywords: Alarm, mats, falls, sensor.

Wound Assessment. Wound Management Formulary guidance.Keywords: wound assessment/ wound management/ formulatory guidance