Inpatient Safety in MH
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Inpatient Safety in Mental Health
IRAS ID
287453
Contact name
Varsha Gandhi
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
London South Bank University
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
na, Clinicaltrials.gov
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 5 months, 31 days
Research summary
The overall aim of this research programme is to improve safety in inpatient mental health settings by identifying precursors to harm. In this study we will examine anonymised incident data from three Trusts. Retrospective data from up to 12 months prior to the start of the study will be reviewed, together with ongoing prospective data collection for up to a year.
Alongside incident data from Trust logs we will use anonymised data from a vision-based patient monitoring and management system, Oxevision (Oxehealth Limited, Oxford, UK) which is currently used in mental health wards across multiple NHS Trusts as part of routine care. The system supports staff caring for patients by providing contact free measurement of breathing rate and pulse rate, alerts and activity reports. This study is not designed to evaluate the Oxevision system itself, but to establish if insights may be obtained into precursors to harm by combining anonymised data from the system with anonymised data from Trust incident logs.
Professor Neil Brimblecombe, the Chief Investigator, will lead the analysis to characterise the nature and frequency of UIs and establish a methodology for the use of anonymised data from Oxevision systems to explore the insights which may be obtained into UIs and their precursors.
REC name
HSC REC B
REC reference
21/NI/0162
Date of REC Opinion
6 Oct 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion