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QUIP HIP team win award

Award for trust hipsters

Evelyn ward and the local HIP QIP team picked up what must be one of the most unique looking awards in the shape of a... golden hip bone​. 

It won the 'team of the collaborative' award as one of six participating trusts promoting the importance of nutrition in elderly patients recovering from hip fractures.

Hip fracture is the most common serious injury among older people costing the NHS more £1 billion a year with more than a third of those affected dying within a year. 

The one-year pilot was supported by the Health Foundation and aimed to save lives, reduce the amount of time spent in hospital. and promote independence. 

Hip QIP 2: Scaling up Nutritional Support after Hip Fracture was built around the placement of dedicated nutritional assistants on acute trauma wards.  

The project showed patients who received greater nutritional support at mealtimes recovered faster and were discharged earlier.

The trust will continue to fund nutritional support on Evelyn ward as well as extending it to a further five care of the elderly wards across Ealing and Northwick Park.

It is the only one of the six participating trusts to agree ongoing funding.

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