Committee

Royal Perth Bentley Group – Morbidity and Mortality Committee

Description

The purpose of the Committee is to:

• Oversee critical reviews of systems, processes, evaluations, and outcomes of patient care
• To ensure the organisation meets the components of the NPH operational plan, monitoring and performance schedules, and provide clinical governance for delegated elements of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Clinical Governance Standard,

o 1.28 – Variation in clinical practice in the context of Hospital Acquired Complications (Fact Sheet for action 1.28)

o Ensure systems are in place to document pre-existing co morbidities and to support coding of hospital acquired complications (HACs).

• Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, standards, and regulations, including:

o EMHS Morbidity and Mortality Standard

o RPBG Morbidity and Mortality Reviews Standard Operational Procedure

o Other National Standards as appropriate

• Implementing relevant components of the RPBG Clinical Governance and Consumer Partnership Frameworks, directly, or in partnership with other committees

 

Carer experience required: We require a Carer with lived experience of care through Royal Perth Hospital or Bentley Health Service who is passionate about the importance of consumers and carers partnering with staff within a hospital network. The successful applicant must have a strong understanding of patient centered care, and the challenges faced by carers navigating their way through a hospital stay, particularly with patients whose outcomes did not work out as planned.

 

Location of Meetings

Royal Perth Hospital Executive Boardroom OR online through MS Teams

Frequency

1 meeting every second month for 2 hours

Time and Duration of Meetings

2nd Tuesday of every second month between 11am and 1pm

Category

East Metro Health Service