Improving the visibility and communication of treatment escalation plans in Somerset NHS foundation trust.

Background: Advance care treatment escalation plans (TEPs) are often lost between healthcare settings, leading to duplication of work and loss of patient autonomy.

Objective: This quality improvement project reviewed the usage of TEP forms and aimed to improve completeness of documentation and visibility between admissions.

Methods: Over four months we monitored TEP form documentation using a standardised data extraction form.