CIW Incidents, Accidents, Near Misses and Falls Audit - Care Homes
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Answers Overview
Questions
0/25 answeredQ1 | Unanswered
Governance: Is there a current policy and procedure for incidents, accidents, near misses and falls that reflects legislation, CIW notification requirements, current guidance and the service's statement of purpose?
Evidence to check
- • Current incident, accident, near-miss and falls policy with review date
- • Evidence of CIW notification requirements and current guidance being reflected
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Governance: Are responsibilities for immediate response, recording, escalation, investigation, notification, review and learning clearly allocated to suitably competent staff?
Evidence to check
- • Named roles, escalation routes and responsibility matrix
- • Staff duty allocations, competency records and management-oversight arrangements
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Culture and reporting: Are people, relatives, staff and visitors encouraged to report incidents, accidents, near misses and falls promptly, without blame or fear of unfair treatment?
Evidence to check
- • Staff, resident, relative and visitor reporting information
- • Feedback, meetings or examples showing people feel able to report concerns
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Immediate response: When an incident, accident or near miss occurs, do staff assess immediate safety, protect the person and others, seek timely assistance and follow the relevant emergency procedure?
Evidence to check
- • Sample records showing immediate safety actions and escalation
- • Relevant emergency procedure and staff response records
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Immediate response: Where an injury, deterioration or fall requires clinical assessment or treatment, are appropriate health professionals contacted promptly and their advice recorded and followed?
Evidence to check
- • Clinical advice, referral, treatment and observation records
- • Evidence that professional advice was communicated and followed
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Notifications: Are events that meet the relevant criteria notified without delay to CIW and other required authorities, usually within 24 hours, with accurate information and follow-up where needed?
Evidence to check
- • CIW and other statutory notification records with dates and supporting information
- • Evidence notifications were submitted promptly and followed up where required
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Notifications: Are the person, their representative, placing authority and other relevant professionals informed of significant events in line with consent, legal duties and the person's communication needs?
Evidence to check
- • Communication records with the person, representative, placing authority and professionals
- • Consent, capacity or legal-duty considerations where relevant
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Records: Are incident, accident, near-miss and fall records contemporaneous, factual, legible, secure and detailed enough to show what happened, who was involved and what action was taken?
Evidence to check
- • Sample incident, accident, near-miss and fall records
- • Record-quality checks for factual detail, chronology, confidentiality and completeness
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Workforce: Do staff receive induction, training, supervision and competency support for incident reporting, emergency response, falls management and escalation?
Evidence to check
- • Training matrix, induction records and refresher dates
- • Competency assessments, simulations, supervision or staff discussion records
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Person-centred follow-up: After an incident, accident or fall, are the person's physical, emotional and communication needs reviewed, with reassurance and support provided to them and relevant others?
Evidence to check
- • Post-incident care, observation and emotional-support records
- • Feedback from the person or representative and professional follow-up where relevant
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Care planning: Are risk assessments, personal plans, equipment needs and staff guidance updated promptly after relevant incidents, accidents, near misses or falls?
Evidence to check
- • Updated risk assessments, care plans, equipment plans and staff guidance
- • Evidence changes were communicated at handover or through staff acknowledgement
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Investigation: Are serious, repeated or otherwise significant incidents investigated proportionately to identify immediate causes, contributing factors, system issues and required action?
Evidence to check
- • Investigation reports, root-cause or contributory-factor analysis
- • Evidence of proportionate review for serious, repeated or significant events
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Investigation: Are actions from investigations clearly assigned, time-bound, tracked to completion and checked to confirm they have reduced risk or improved practice?
Evidence to check
- • Action plans showing named owners, dates and completion
- • Effectiveness checks demonstrating whether action reduced risk
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Learning: Is learning from incidents, accidents, near misses and falls shared with relevant staff, people using the service and professionals in a suitable and confidential way?
Evidence to check
- • Team-meeting notes, safety briefings or learning communications
- • Evidence of confidential, accessible feedback to people using the service where appropriate
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Near misses: Are near misses recorded and reviewed with the same learning focus as actual harm, so that risks can be addressed before someone is injured or affected?
Evidence to check
- • Near-miss register and sample near-miss investigations
- • Preventive actions taken before harm occurred
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Image filesCameraQ16 | Unanswered
Falls prevention: Does each person at risk of falling have a current, individualised falls assessment and prevention plan that reflects their mobility, health, medication, environment, footwear and preferences?
Evidence to check
- • Individual falls assessments and prevention plans
- • Relevant mobility, health, medication, footwear, environment and preference information
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Image filesCameraQ17 | Unanswered
Falls prevention: Are falls-prevention measures implemented and reviewed, including appropriate equipment, environmental controls, observation, exercise or therapy advice and support for independence?
Evidence to check
- • Evidence of falls-prevention measures, equipment and environmental controls
- • Therapy, exercise, observation or professional-advice records where relevant
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Image filesCameraQ18 | Unanswered
Falls response: Do staff follow a clear post-fall procedure that prioritises the person's immediate safety, appropriate clinical assessment, observation, documentation and escalation?
Evidence to check
- • Post-fall procedure and sample completed post-fall records
- • Clinical assessment, observation, escalation and documentation evidence
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Falls response: Following a fall, are relevant professionals consulted and the person's falls plan, care plan, medicines considerations, equipment and environment reviewed promptly?
Evidence to check
- • Post-fall reviews of care plan, risk assessment, equipment, environment and medicines considerations
- • Professional advice and evidence of changes communicated to staff
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ20 | Unanswered
Falls response: Where falls are recurrent, cause injury or indicate deterioration, are additional assessment, specialist input, safeguarding consideration and management oversight obtained without delay?
Evidence to check
- • Records of recurrent or injurious falls and escalation
- • Specialist referrals, safeguarding consideration and management review where relevant
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Image filesCameraQ21 | Unanswered
Analysis: Are falls analysed by person, location, time, activity, injury, contributing factor and outcome to identify patterns and targeted prevention measures?
Evidence to check
- • Falls dashboard or trend analysis by location, time, activity, injury and outcome
- • Targeted prevention actions and effectiveness review
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Image filesCameraQ22 | Unanswered
Analysis: Are incident and accident trends considered alongside safeguarding, complaints, staffing, medicines, environment and equipment information to identify connected risks?
Evidence to check
- • Governance reports linking incidents and accidents with safeguarding, complaints, staffing, medicines, environment or equipment
- • Examples of connected learning and preventive action
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Image filesCameraQ23 | Unanswered
Oversight: Do the manager and responsible individual receive regular information about incidents, accidents, near misses, falls, notifications, investigations and open actions?
Evidence to check
- • Manager and responsible-individual governance records
- • Open-action tracker, notification oversight and escalation evidence
Supporting NotesNo notes yet.Notes are stamped with your name, date and time.Photographic Evidence
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Image filesCameraQ24 | Unanswered
Assurance: Does the service audit the quality of incident and fall records, notification decisions, investigations, action plans and staff practice?
Evidence to check
- • Recent incident, notification, investigation and falls audits
- • Sampling findings, action plans and staff-practice checks
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Image filesCameraQ25 | Unanswered
Continuous improvement: Do incident, accident, near-miss and fall findings inform the quality of care review, with evidence of sustained improvements to people's safety and well-being?
Evidence to check
- • Quality of care review report and incident/falls trend analysis
- • Evidence of sustained improvements to people's safety and well-being
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