Deteriorating Patient: Safe staffing and resources to recognise and escalate acute deterioration

This is a secondary driver from safe clinical and care processes for reliable recognition of deterioration and standardised structured response within the Deteriorating Patient driver diagram

Change ideas

The examples below show how this secondary driver can be implemented in practice. Additional change ideas can be found in the Deteriorating Patient driver diagram

  • Team: Systems and processes are in place to monitor staffing risk and support timely escalation and decision making
  • Organisation: Education and induction include local processes for structured response to deterioration

Evidence and resources

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