St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital

St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital Profile and History

St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital is committed to ongoing improvement of patient care in all areas. While we have an excellent record in delivering quality patient care and managing risks, our hospital continues to focus on improvements to ensure that our services are as safe as possible and that we are minimising risks at all times. St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital has a strong commitment to safety and quality and this is reflected in our approach to: Creating safe environments and systems of work for our staff; Reviewing and improving on a continuous basis the performance of our patient safety and quality systems; Assisting our healthcare professionals and Visiting Medical Practitioners to monitor the safety and quality of care they provide; Ensuring accountability for the safety and quality of care at all levels of our organisation reporting through to the Board of Ramsay Health Care. St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital operates under Ramsay Health Care's comprehensive Clinical Governance Framework based on an integrated approach to clinical risk management and continuous quality improvement. This Framework measures four major areas of organisational performance including: 1. Clinical Risk Management (making sure our services are safe and minimising risk of error) Our culture promotes and encourages staff to report incidents, risks and near misses; Incident Management policy outlines the process for assessing and investigating incidents; Clinical policies are developed in accordance with evidence based best practice; Clinical, risk and safety policies are reviewed on a regular basis and updated as required; and Strategy and policy for 'whistle blowers'