Improving Tracheostomy Care

Diverse NHS sites

Baseline
0 months

Implement 12 months

Evaluate
24 months

Set up

Assess readiness:

Leaders & teams

Profile hospital

Plan to change

20

Interventions

Patient-focussed:

Effectiveness

Quality

Safety

18

Qualitative research:

Learning

Enablers

Barriers

1,500

Patients: impact

Independent evaluations:

Quality of care

Safety of care

Economic impact

2,400

Staff involved in change

£275.04 million

per year saved by the NHS

if the results of this project were extrapolated to all NHS sites

20%

Reduction in hospital stay
(Length of stay in hospital/ICU/with trachy)

47%

Reduction in patient reported anxiety and depression

58

Hospitals around the world collaborating to improve care:

New knowledge and resources

Strategies around how to improve care

170 lives saved

                                Reduction in incident severity 

Significant reduction in the frequency, nature and severity of patient safety incidents 

£33,251

per patient saving

55%

 per year, if this project was extended nationally

(compared with 2014 NCEPOD data)   

See www.globaltrach.org      &     www.tracheostomy.org.uk