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Follow on Google News | Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre collects prestigious national awardThe team at Care UK’s Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre has won a prestigious award for its highly successful work in reducing the number of falls experienced by inpatients.
By: Care UK The centre has shown a 50 per cent reduction in the number of inpatient falls year-on-year for the last three years. So successful has its programme been that it is hosting a special Falls Week at the centre from 20 – 24 October to show visitors the best ways to stay fall-free. The award judges congratulated the team on an “excellent initiative that has demonstrated very positive outcomes which have been achieved by a truly multi-professional team approach.” They also commented that “patient involvement was paramount to the process of this initiative which also resulted in cost savings.” The ceremony was attended by team members including Margaret Lawrence (physiotherapy assistant), Lawrence Carmel (physiotherapist) Catherine Farr said: “Jenny and I are very proud to accept this award on behalf of the team, which has been the culmination of three years work. Whilst we led the team, we would not have been able to achieve such fantastic results on our own. “When a patient falls, it can have a catastrophic effect on their life and anything that we can do to reduce this risk, whilst they are an inpatient with us and also once they are back at home, is a major achievement. This will continue to be an ongoing challenge.” Chester Barnes, hospital director at Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre, said: “This award reflects an enormous amount of commitment, energy and effort put in by the team, both on the ward, and across a range of clinical disciplines, to achieving improvements in outcomes for our patients.” End
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