Learning from deaths for better care

More colleagues are now gaining valuable insights to improve patient care, thanks to a project designed to involve more staff in important case review meetings.

Senior community nursing colleagues at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust said they did not always receive the learning that comes following mortality reviews. But after changes were made, team representation at the reviews has almost doubled, end of life champions are attending more and learning across the team has been strengthened.

The learning from deaths project on a page