Following an 18 month period of planning and confirmation of funding, an Acute Kidney Injury service at Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was launched in October 2015. During the planning phase key stakeholders were identified and included in the service development. The renal directorate clinical director, the consultant nurse for critical care services, the critical care outreach team (CCOT), the renal pharmacist, the information technology…
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Overview Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a life threatening condition that is common and harmful and in many cases avoidable, yet it can lead to 25% – 30% chance of mortality. AKI still very often appears to be an unfamiliar term within the healthcare profession and with the general public, highlighting the urgent need to raise the profile of AKI. At Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS…
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This case study provides information about the two year project to develop the local response to AKI with the overall aim of improving outcomes for patients. Two perspectives are represented here – NHS Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Contact details are included for anyone wishing to know more. Commissioning for quality improvement for people at risk of, or who…
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Primary care electronic health records (EHRs) are often inaccessible to secondary care staff. More traditional means of communication between community and hospital teams are generally inefficient for health services. Primary care practices in Bradford use a single centralised IT system (SystmOne®) that allows the sharing of detailed electronic health records by groups of healthcare professionals in various care settings. We have developed innovative EHR functionality to…
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This case study is our story of setting up a new service. In August 2014 Stephen Trowbridge, Diabetes Nurse Specialist undertook the challenge or developing a grass roots service for the management of in patients with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) at The Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH). There was no existing service prior to this and with local and national statistics highlighting increased mortality and length of…
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