Development of the ‘Safety Huddle’ in the community setting

Summary

Jane Hulme, District Nurse Team Leader, Jenny Hurst, Deputy Nursing Director, and Debbie Caulfield, Caseload Holder from Liverpool Community Health (LCH), explain how they initiated a safety huddle in a community setting.

Content

The Safety Huddle’s main aim was to improve and document all clinical handovers within individual teams across the locality. This case study explains how they initiated the huddle. It also includes downloads for;

• a template for handover
• the safety huddle template
• the standard operating procedure for the huddle.