In short: Heddfa scores Waterlow, MUST, Falls and Moving & Handling assessments server-side, sets each review date by the resulting risk band, and adds NEWS2 deterioration scoring to every set of vital signs — so the maths is right, the review is booked, and rising risk is flagged early. From £10 per resident per month, staff free.
Risk assessment on paper has two weak points: the arithmetic and the diary. A miscounted Waterlow total puts someone in the wrong risk band; a review date noted in a folder gets missed. Both are exactly the kind of thing software should never let slip — and both are exactly what an inspector looks for.
Scored for you, the same way every time
- Waterlow, MUST, Falls and Moving & Handling are scored server-side from the inputs — no mental arithmetic, no transcription error, the same rules for every resident and every assessor.
- Review dates follow the risk. A higher-risk band automatically gets a shorter review cycle, so the people who need watching most are reviewed most often — without anyone having to work out the schedule by hand.
- Overdue reviews surface themselves on the compliance dashboard and home page, the same way overdue care-plan reviews do.
NEWS2 on every observation
Every set of vital signs is scored with NEWS2, the national early-warning score for clinical deterioration. A rising score is visible immediately — the difference between spotting a deteriorating resident on the round and finding out later. For nursing homes especially, that early signal matters.
Straight into the care record
A new or changed risk score doesn’t sit in isolation. It updates the care plan, and a significant change lands in the shift handover so the next team knows. Assessment, plan and handover move together.
Build your own where the standard tools don’t fit
Beyond the standard clinical tools, you can create your own scored assessment templates — fields, points and bands — for anything specific to your home. Same scoring engine, same review-date logic.