21/11/2025
We've been highly commended at the HSJ Awards in the prestigious patient safety category for developing an innovative tool to eliminate skin tone bias in skin assessments.
The skin tone cards were developed by nurse consultant Luxmi Dhoonmoon and her team. They have been issued to every nurse and healthcare assistant at our three hospitals, allowing them to identify discolouration much more accurately across a range of skin tones.
“Sometimes things are so obvious we overlook them,” she explains. “This isn’t about browbeating people but providing a simple but effective visual tool that helps everyone.”
The project has been a huge success. Congrats to the team on such a great achievement.