Local safety standards in invasive procedures in pain medicine

Abstract

Materials and methodsIn 2017, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) set up a LocSSIP steering committee, with the commitment to develop and implement LocSSIPs across the trust. The aim of this committee was to ensure the ongoing safety of patients under UHB care and achieve a measurable reduction of serious incidences in invasive procedures conducted outside of theatres.Our aim was to create and develop LocSSIPs within the Pain Medicine Department. By making patient safety central to the introduction, we were able to identify several procedures that could benefit from LocSSIPs. Those procedures included nerve root blocks, epidurals, and denervation.