TY - JOUR T1 - Reviving. Surviving. Thriving. The Homerton deteriorating patient programme JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 72 LP - 72 DO - 10.7861/futurehealth.6-2-s72 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Billy Cheung AU - Grace Walker AU - Ian Donaldson AU - Kieran Palmer AU - Paul Tern AU - Carlo Prina Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_2/72.abstract N2 - Improving management of deterioration is a national priority. Despite this, measuring performance and improvements in deterioration can be challenging. Mortality and cardiac arrest statistics are often used as indicators but are limited in their value. The Trust leadership at Homerton, a 500-bed district general hospital, noted a pattern in incident reports around deteriorating inpatients. We examined our current response to deterioration and targeted areas to improve performance.Data collectionWe collected data from a range of sources, both qualitative (thematic review of intensive treatment unit (ITU) admissions and staff feedback) and quantitative (escalation and response … ER -