Patient safety Maternity and neonatal The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MatNeoSIP) aims to reduce the rates of maternal and neonatal deaths, stillbirths and brain injuries that occur during or soon after birth by 50% by 2025 and contribute to the national ambition, set out in Safer Maternity Care, to reduce the national rate of preterm births from 8% to 6% by 2025. It also looks to improve the safety and outcomes of maternal and neonatal care by reducing unwarranted variation and provide a high-quality healthcare experience for all women, babies, and families across maternity and neonatal care settings in England. MatNeoSIP in Kent, Surrey and Sussex We are working with Maternity and Neonatal stakeholders in nine trusts across Kent and Medway, Surrey and Sussex, three Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems, the KSS Operational Delivery Network for Neonates (ODN), the maternity and neonatal voices partnerships and patient advisory groups, to deliver MatNeoSIP. Key ambitions To improve the optimisation and stabilisation of the preterm infant. To implement a new Maternity Early Warning Score (MEWS) and Neonatal Early Trigger Tool (NEWTT2). Use safety culture insights for improved quality of care and inform local improvement plans. News and case studies New funding to drive knowledge mobilisation in Kent, Surrey and Sussex The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) have announced they will invest £7.8 million for Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) to build knowledge mobilisation capacity and capability within the health and social care sector. News 2 Oct 2024 More World Patient Safety Day 2024 – Reducing Preterm Birth Rate Rachael Garrett reflects on this year’s World Patient Safety Day theme, “Improving diagnosis for patient safety”. BlogNews 17 Sep 2024 More Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme (MHSIP) The Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme (MHSIP) is a national programme aimed at improving the safety and outcomes of mental health care by reducing unwarranted variation and providing a high-quality healthcare experience for all people across the system by March 2024. Case Study 30 Mar 2024 More Implementation of Whzan Blue Box monitoring in Surrey Care Homes Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (Health Innovation KSS) has supported the implementation of the Whzan Blue Box in care homes in Surrey since 2018. Case StudyNews 4 Mar 2024 More Case study: Bid for Better – Neonatal Community Outreach Project The Neonatal Community outreach project is an idea from year one of Bid for Better, which started in July 2022. Case StudyNews 28 Nov 2023 More Vivisco project awarded funding as part of Reducing Drug Deaths Innovation Challenge The government has announced the twelve projects awarded a share of £5 million to reduce rates of fatal drug overdoses, including Vivisco Smart Revive Beacon for Opiate Overdose in partnership with KSS AHSN, Forward Trust, Kent Count Council and Southeast Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. News 21 Sep 2023 More Maternal and neonatal care news Both maternal and neonatal deterioration projects are entering the next phase. Find out how you can be involved here. News 19 Dec 2022 More Annual Review 21/22: Interview with Ursula Clarke Ursula Clarke, Kent Surrey and Sussex Patient Safety Collaborative’s Patient Safety Lead, reflects on the successes of 2021/22 and looks at how KSS PSC is set to support and develop patient safety over the coming year. BlogNews 11 Aug 2022 More RESTORE2 – the importance of managing physical deterioration RESTORE2 is a robust tool for managing deterioration in care home residents - learn why this is so important. News 8 Aug 2022 More RESTORE2 – new training dates added Kent Surrey Sussex Patient Safety Collaborative (KSS PSC) has had such a great response to its RESTORE2 training that it’s added in some extra dates through to the end of June Uncategorised 13 Jun 2022 More RESTORE2 – implementation and staff development As part of a continuing series of short blogs on RESTORE2 – the physical deterioration and escalation tool for care/nursing... Blog 13 Jun 2022 More Managing Deterioration in Kent and Medway A series of free training and support that can help care settings to improve residents’ quality of care is now available across Kent and Medway. 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