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Resources

Resources and collateral that can be used by health and care professionals to facilitate discussions around identifying deterioriation.

Resources

  • Acute care toolkit

    Organisation: Royal College of Physicians
    Type: Toolkit and resources
    Date published: Various
    Description: https://www.rcp.ac.uk/projects/acute-care-toolkits

  • East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Hertfordshire County Council

    Organisation: East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Hertfordshire County Council
    Type: Easy Guide
    Date published:
    Description: Easy read signs of sepsis information leaflet from East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

  • Health Education England (HEE) – Resources on sepsis (2022)

    Organisation: Health Education England (HEE)
    Type: Video (YouTube)
    Date published:
    Description: A film giving more details on a series of training films about sepsis and managing deterioration for clinical staff and others including those in paediatric settings.

  • LeDeR Report 2021

    Organisation: King's College London et al
    Type: Annual Report
    Date published: July 2022
    Description: Annual LeDeR report into LeDeR reviews of deaths, produced by the following collaboration: KCL, UCLAN, KStGU

  • LeDeR Resources, including Action from learning reports

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Annual Reports and resources
    Date published: July 2022
    Description: Annual Reports, Policy, Useful Links, and online tool for reporting the death of someone with a learning disability or an autistic person.

  • NHS England: Easy read information: Sepsis

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Easy Read guide
    Date published: 27/02/2020
    Description: Easy read information about how to avoid sepsis, spotting the signs of sepsis, and problems after sepsis.

  • NICE: Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities

    Organisation: NICE
    Type: Guidance
    Date published: April 2018
    Description: This guideline covers care and support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older. It covers identifying changing needs, planning for the future, and delivering services including health, social care and housing. It aims to support people to access the services they need as they get older.

  • NICE: Support for adults with learning disabilities as they grow older - What to expect

    Organisation: NICE
    Type: Film
    Date published: April 2018
    Description: This advice says what care and support people with learning disabilities should have as they grow older.

  • Recognising and managing deterioration

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Resources by setting - primary care, secondary care, ambulance services, mental health settings, social care.
    Date published: Various/regularly updated
    Description: Changes to vital signs, behaviour and mental state often occur before a serious event, such as cardiac arrest. Being able to recognise and act on these changes are essential skills to improving patient safety and outcomes.

  • Recognising deterioration in people with a learning disability

    Organisation: NHS
    Type: Film
    Date published: March 2020
    Description: A lesson to help health and care workers understand how they could recognise deterioration and sepsis in patients with learning disabilities. Whilst aimed at care workers, this resource can be utilised by all learners to support their development.

  • RESTORE2 Programme(s): Patient Safety Collaborative Improving Health in Care Homes Out of Hospital Care

    Organisation: Academic Health Science Networks
    Type: Resources
    Date published: Undated
    Description: RESTORE2 is a physical deterioration and escalation tool for care/nursing homes based on nationally recognised methodologies including early recognition (Soft Signs), the national early warning score (NEWS2) and structured communications (SBARD).

  • Sepsis Trust

    Organisation: The UK SepsisTrust
    Type: Resources
    Date published:
    Description: Short films and guidance for professionals about sepsis and how to identify it – includes a sepsis manual and educational videos.

  • THINK SEPSIS

    Organisation: NHS England
    Type: Resources
    Date published:
    Description: ‘THINK SEPSIS’ is a HEE programme aimed at improving the diagnosis and management of those with sepsis.

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