Ideas for changing practice
On this page you will find various change ideas that wards in the Sexual Safety Collaborative are testing.
We created an interim change theory (driver diagram) based on a range of change ideas being tested across the collaborative in November 2020. Details of the change ideas are listed under the secondary drivers below.
Secondary drivers
Click on a secondary driver below to see some of the change ideas currently being tested on the collaborative. You will see what problems wards were trying to solve, what changes they made on the ward and their learning from the interventions. If you use any of these resources, we ask that you acknowledge the author or source.
Individualised preferences for viewing panels displayed on bedroom doors
Sexual health and safety review on admission to identify areas of support
Sexual health and safety review on admission to identify areas of support
Charitable fund application for purchasing clothing
Co-produced questionnaires to measure how well sexual safety needs are met
Patient alarms
Conversations with staff after incidents to increase understanding
Daily safety huddles that include sexual safety
Sexual safety as a standard item in community/staff/MDT meetings
Sexual safety as a standard item in community/staff/MDT meetings
Electronic postcard data collection
Visual displays
Co-produced information leaflets
Sexual safety as an agenda item in reflective practice and supervision
Sexual safety champions/peer support/volunteers
For any questions about the change ideas and resources, please contact one of the QI coaches or the safety improvement team at safetyimprovement@rcpsych.ac.uk.