Time to Analgesia

Audit whether patients presenting with pain receive timely pain assessment, appropriate analgesia and reassessment within locally agreed standards.

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Improvement aim

What we are trying to accomplish

Improvement themes / action areas

Common focus areas for Time to Analgesia projects

Triage pain scoring reliability
Early analgesia protocols
Nurse-led analgesia pathways
Prescribing delays
Administration delays
Opioid safety
Reassessment after analgesia
Documentation of reasons analgesia was not given
Escalation of uncontrolled pain
Access to analgesia in crowded departments
Patient groups at risk of delayed analgesia
Weekend or out-of-hours variation
Staff education and induction
Re-audit and sustainability

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