MARCH 2023
EDITION 22
A key change in the provisions outlined in the Public Health Regulation 2022 - NSW Legislation is the simplification of paperwork required for cremation applications (Part 8 Division 4 Disposal of bodies). A cremation certificate is no longer required. Instead a relevant medical practitioner* needs to provide written advice about the physical risk of cremation of a deceased person. The relevant medical practitioner in this context is (i) a medical practitioner who attended the person immediately before or during the illness terminating in the death of the person or (ii) has relevant knowledge of the dead person’s medical history. As such the Attending Practitioners Cremation Certificate (NH606572) has been superseded by the Cremation Risk Advice (NH700903) form and the NSLHD Death Certification Checklist (NS08634) has been updated to reflect the changes. The Cremation Risk Advice form is available for ordering from STREAM Solutions and the Death Certification Checklist is available for ordering from Design and Print Management. Request forms are located here. * relevant medical practitioner definition: refer to 103 (7) Public Health Regulation 2022 - NSW Legislation ) CREMATION RISK ADVICE AND UPDATED DEATH CERTIFICATION CHECKLIST
Consumer and Patient Experience
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PATIENT REPORTED MEASURES – PROMs and PREMs
The Patient Reported Measures (PRMs) program transitioned into NSLHD Clinical Governance's Consumer and Patient Experience portfolio in early 2023. Along with Central Coast LHD, NSLHD was the first in NSW to integrate the Health Outcomes Patient Experience (HOPE) Platform into the eMR in February 2023. This integration commences ‘Phase 2’ of the State-wide PRMs Program and is anticipated to improve clinician access to PROM survey results. Work will continue on this integration throughout 2023 to further enhance functionality and automation of processes. The NSLHD PRMs team have been selected to present at the Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI) Patient Reported Measures Research Symposium in May 2023. NSLHD is proud to participate in showcasing to the state this initiative along with the latest research and quality improvement projects that use PRMs to improve healthcare in NSW. Congratulations to Ward 3 at Ryde Hospital, who are the first inpatient service in NSLHD to commence the collection of PROM and PREM surveys. The program was successfully implemented for hip fracture patients on 27 Feb 2023.
For more information visit the PRM Intranet page or contact us on nslhd-prms@health.nsw.gov.au.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM SERIOUS ADVERSE EVENT REVIEWS Did you know that the Clinical Excellence Commission shares findings from serious incidents that have occurred across NSW to aid in reducing preventable risk of a similar event occurring to another patient? The latest lessons from Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Serious Incident Reviews include the importance of taking a corroborative history prior to discharge from the ED and venous thromboembolism risk assessment for hospitalised patients in Mental Health Inpatient Units. Access via the lessons learned intranet page.
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