Incident
management

Our experienced in-house team is dedicated to keeping care providers and professionals safe

TheIncident management team at Florence

Governance, done right

Our clinical governance team investigate all incidents reported to Florence thoroughly and with sensitivity. We’ll listen to you, look after you and your service users, and work to find the best outcome for all parties involved.

We are advocates for both the organisations we work with and our care professionals, and our clear incident management process always treats you with empathy and fairness.

What incidents should you report?

Always report

We aim to resolve any reported incident within four weeks. We review every incident and update our processes with what we learn, keeping our workforce safety up to date and ever-evolving.

  1. Incidents and adverse events. These cause harm to residents, service users, their family members, and staff.
  2. Errors or mistakes. Misjudgements or wrong decisions – for example, giving the wrong dose of a medicine.
  3. Near misses. When mistakes happen but don’t cause harm to residents, service users, family members or staff, they’re defined as “near misses”.

Helpful documents

Using the right documents to gather statements and reflective accounts can make investigations simpler and more efficient. Here are four templates you can use if an incident happens at your hospital or care home.

Meet the team

Frances Kyprianou

Director of Nursing & Governance

Frances Kyprianou

Director of Nursing & Governance

Frances is a passionate and driven registered nurse dedicated to inspiring safe, quality care with over 15 years of experience. Previously to Florence, Frances worked at Sonderwell and Better Healthcare Services, specialising in quality assurance, governance and clinical operations. She brings a wealth of knowledge across social care, complex care, the NHS and more. Frances joined Florence in 2024 as Director of Quality & Governance.

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Louise Morris

Head of Nursing and Governance

Louise Morris

Head of Nursing and Governance

Louise is an adult nurse with over 20 years experience. She manages clinical incidents and often meets care professionals virtually to offer support or clarify if incidents are complicated.

Part of her role is to review lessons learned from clinical incidents. This includes making changes to Florence policies and training content. Louise loves to meet Florence nurses, care assistants and support workers, and hear their ideas to improve practice.

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Mohammed Alom

Quality Assurance Officer & DDPO

Mohammed Alom

Quality Assurance Officer & DDPO

Mohammed has been the deputy data protection officer and quality assurance lead at Florence since 2018.

He’s in charge of the incident management system, deals with adverse events correctly and effectively, and supports care professionals through investigations. He also works with external bodies like the NMC, police and safeguarding.

He oversees the incident management system, deals with adverse events correctly and effectively, and supports care professionals and healthcare organisations through investigations. He also works with external bodies like the NMC, police and safeguarding.

Lauren Clark

Safeguarding and Governance Officer

Lauren Clark

Safeguarding and Governance Officer

Lauren works closely with care professionals to make sure incidents get handled quickly and efficiently. She also takes care of Florence policies and helps prepare for regulatory audits, like those conducted by the Care Inspectorate.

Gary Stevenson

Registered Manager for Northern Ireland

Gary Stevenson

Registered Manager for Northern Ireland

Gary is our Registered Manager for Northern Ireland. He’s been a registered nurse for 10 years and has worked with Brain Injury, Care of the Elderly, Intensive Care, Infection Prevention and Control.

He supports Northern Irish Nurses with clinical issues and to maintain their professional registration through supervisions, appraisals, re-validation, support and management of clinical incidents.

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Jen Fyvie

Branch Nurse and Registered Manager, Scotland

Jen Fyvie

Branch Nurse and Registered Manager, Scotland

Jen is the branch nurse and registered manager for Florence in Scotland. She’s been a registered nurse for 14 years and has been working as a clinical lead for the last 5 years.

She supports Scottish nurses with clinical issues and maintaining their professional registration through supervisions, appraisals, revalidation support and management of clinical incidents.

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