Acute trusts and performance management

Two useful resources are:

1) Maintaining High Professional Standards in the Modern NHS, which covers:

• Codes of conduct
• Allegations of criminal acts
• Action when investigations identify possible criminal acts
• Cases where criminal charges are brought not connected with
• an investigation by an NHS employer
• Dropping of charges or no court conviction
• Guidance
• Agreeing terms for settlement on termination of employment

The full document is at www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/Publications

2) Patient safety resources from the National Patient Safety Association.  These include:

• Seven steps to patient safety
• Root Cause Analysis toolkit
• Incident Decision Tree