Our hip fracture implementation toolkit has been developed as a product of the REDUCE study
REducing unwarranted variation in the Delivery of high qUality hip fraCture services in England and Wales.
We have worked with the University of Bristol REDUCE study team to develop this evidence-based toolkit to support hospital teams make organisational and management changes to their hip fracture services in order to improve patient outcomes.
The tools are designed to support you and your team to:
Ensure effective clinical governance underpins your service
Optimise multi-disciplinary team working
Ensure effective clinical pathways are established
Recruit the right staff for the service
Design high quality services that improve patient outcomes
Write business cases to support service improvement
Support junior medical staff onto the hip fracture unit
Whilst this Implementation Toolkit has been informed and designed based on evidence from hip fracture research, many tools are applicable to non-hip fragility fracture services. Similarly, whilst the evidence-base is derived from English and Welsh data, many tools are applicable to services in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
All resources are provided free of charge.
The REDUCE study provides clear insights for frontline staff on what practices are associated with improvements to outcomes... We know that the potential benefits of adopting these practices could be significant, which is why we are recommending orthopaedic trauma services to consider the insights coming out of REDUCE.
Meet the REDUCE Study Team
University of Bristol researchers: Prof. Celia Gregson, Prof. Andrew Judge, Prof. Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Prof. Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Dr Rita Patel, Dr Sarah Drew, Dr Elsa Marques, Dr Petra Baji, Dr Katie Whale
External Collaborators: Jill Griffin (Royal Osteoporsis Society), Prof. Antony Johansen (National Hip Fracture Database, RCP London), Prof. Kassim Javaid (University of Oxford), Prof. Xavier Griffin (Queen Mary University of London), Mr Tim Chesser (North Bristol Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
