Table 1 Questions within the research framework related to patient safety for people with intellectual disabilities (ID)
Organisational context | Staff: individuals and teams | People with intellectual disabilities and carers | |
|---|---|---|---|
Patient safety/Prevention of adverse outcomes | ● What measures are in place to ensure the safe administration of medication to patients with ID, including giving clear information about medicines to the patient? | ● Are individual staff and staff teams aware of the measures to ensure safe administration of medication to patients with ID? | ● Do patients with ID and their family/carers think they have been given understandable information about medicines, including medicines to take home? |
With specific focus on: | |||
● Medication errors | |||
● Preventable deterioration | |||
● Are individual staff and teams aware of the measures in place to avoid preventable deterioration and misdiagnosis for patients with ID? | |||
● Do patients with ID and their family/carers think that preventable deterioration was avoided? | |||
● Misdiagnosis | |||
● What measures are in place to avoid preventable deterioration and misdiagnosis for patients with ID? | |||
● Do patients with ID and their family/carers feel they received an accurate and timely diagnosis? | |||
● Are individual staff and teams aware of the systems in place for reporting adverse outcomes? | |||
● What systems are in place for monitoring adverse outcomes and complaints involving patients with ID? | |||
● Do patients with ID and their family/carers know how to make a complaint? | |||
● Are adverse outcomes involving patients with ID reported by staff? | |||
● What adverse outcomes and complaints involving patients with ID or their family/carers have been recorded within the hospital during the data collection period? |