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    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.

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