Implementing and improving the ReSPECT process within medical and orthopaedic departments of a district general hospital

Summary

The Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment (ReSPECT) is a process supported by the Resuscitation Council (UK) and UK Royal Colleges to create personalised anticipatory care plans for patients. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been an early adopter of this process with variability in engagement with this process across our trust. Published in Progress in Palliative Care, this paper describes a quality improvement project was performed to improvement engagement with ReSPECT as well as consistency and quality of documentation.