Questions to the Mayor of London – answered at on 17 January 2019.
What specific actions are you taking to persuade hospital trusts of the importance of collecting and sharing anonymised violent data from their emergency departments?
The ISTV team who are responsible for implementing the Cardiff Model, are in regular contact with Emergency Departments across London.
Data returns are routinely monitored and, where any issue becomes apparent either with regard to the volume of data being shared or the quality, members of the ISTV team contact the EDs to talk through the issue. Each Trust has identified a single point of contact, to enable liaison and communication.
Training is routinely offered to all EDs to ensure that they are aware of the importance of collecting ISTV data. In the next two months, three training sessions are planned with Whittington Hospital and the Royal London. On average 10 people attend each training session.