Statement re nationally required review of all the deaths in which the patient was found to have the Covid-19 infection, 14 days after their admission to hospital Earlier this year, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust wrote to a number of families who had lost a close family member to Hospital-acquired COVID-19. The letter stated that a nationally required review was underway and that the results would be published in October 2021. The Trust is pleased to confirm that their review is now complete and following a robust validation process you can now see the report below. Click here to download the PDF Was this page helpful? Our Accessibility Statement View our current vacancies and read about working with us Read about our Media service and Communications Team Click here to Contact Us Show accessibility tools

Patient safety and governance Clinical Governance is the way that the NHS works to improve and maintain the quality of care that patients receive. It is about ensuring that patients get the right care at the right time from the right person. At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT), responsibility for clinical governance lies with every member of staff, including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, managers, radiographers, laboratory staff, cleaners, porters and administrative staff. We are clinically lead and managerially supported. Everyone works together to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. The Trust Governance Unit works together with other members of staff to ensure the Trust meets its statutory duty to maintain high-quality services. Our team manage chaplaincy services and coordinate emergency preparedness, policy administration, patient information, information governance, incident management, clinical audit and clinical effectiveness. We coordinate advancing quality, patient safety initiatives, health and safety, complaints and litigation and take the organisational lead role for administration of external registration and accreditation by organisations such as Care Quality Commission (CQC) and NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA). These functions are provided across the Trust-wide footprint. "Quality is our organising principle and compliance with standards, targets and regulatory requirements are a given." The Governance Unit can be contacted on 01254 733704 Same-sex accommodation Open and Honest Care Incident reporting Was this page helpful? Our Accessibility Statement View our current vacancies and read about working with us Read about our Media service and Communications Team Click here to Contact Us Show accessibility tools