- Ambulance service
Head Office and Training Facility
Report from 14 February 2024 assessment
Contents
On this page
- Overview
- Learning culture
- Safe systems, pathways and transitions
- Safeguarding
- Involving people to manage risks
- Safe environments
- Safe and effective staffing
- Infection prevention and control
- Medicines optimisation
Safe
We reviewed the providers processes for reporting and investigating incidents and concerns and saw that policies were clear and processes for managing and escalating incidents were robust.
This service scored 9 (out of 100) for this area. Find out what we look at when we assess this area and How we calculate these scores.
Learning culture
Staff we spoke with knew how to report incidents and the provider shared learning following investigations.
Lessons were learned from safety incidents or complaints, resulting in changes that improve care for others.
Safe systems, pathways and transitions
We did not look at Safe systems, pathways and transitions during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.
Safeguarding
People and staff were encouraged and supported to raise concerns, they felt confident that they will be treated with compassion and understanding, and won’t be blamed, or treated negatively if they did so.
We did not look at this element of the quality statement.
We also reviewed safeguarding processes and saw safeguarding alerts were routinely made appropriately, when concerns were identified.
Involving people to manage risks
We did not look at Involving people to manage risks during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.
Safe environments
We did not look at Safe environments during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.
Safe and effective staffing
We reviewed ten staff files and saw staff were recruited safely and policies to ensure staff were appropriately checked prior to commencing their role were robust.
Infection prevention and control
We did not look at Infection prevention and control during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.
Medicines optimisation
We did not look at Medicines optimisation during this assessment. The score for this quality statement is based on the previous rating for Safe.