Planning individual care with protocols
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Planning individual care with protocols

Amanda Layton Protocol Development Co-ordinator, Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust, London

The introduction of patient focused care at the Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust is well under way. This second article discusses the implementation of one of the key elements of the change, care protocols. Front the documentation changes already adopted, the team are now able to show a 30 per cent overall reduction in time spent documenting care.

Nursing Standard. 8, 1, 32-34. doi: 10.7748/ns.8.1.32.s32

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