Quality Account

The Trust has published its Quality Account for 2011/12. This account outlines five priorities for improving the quality of care we provide to local patients, and progress made against these during the year.

The five priorities outlined in the Quality Account are:

To improve the number of registered paramedics who attend seriously ill patients
To increase the number of patients treated at or close to home by utilising our Paramedic Practitioners, which will result in fewer patients being transported to A&E
To imrpove the quality of documentation by linking the computerised information received from the 999 call to the patient care record/for,
To monitor the effectiveness of SECAmb's Infection Control procedures for emergency response vehicles that are deep cleaned across SECAmb and swab tested
To improve the experience of those patients who call SECAmb and are provided with an alternative care pathway, rather than being taken to hospital

South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust Quality Account & Quality Report 2011/112

If you require a copy of the Quality Account in any other format, please contact comms@secamb.nhs.uk

Useful links

More information on Quality Accounts from the Department of Health