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7.24 Establishing the Paediatric clinical implementation group
The Paediatric Clinical Implementation Group (CIG) was set up in response to
recommendations from the National Clinical Advisory Team; it succeeded other clinical
groups that had been considering clinical standards and models early on in the programme.
The CIG was specifically tasked with reviewing existing and newly emerging clinical
standards, engaging with clinical stakeholders and responding to issues and responses from
consultation. Additionally, patient group representatives were invited to be members of the
Group.
The CIG met and spoke regularly, considered evidence, responses to consultation and has
agreed this report.
The CIG has representatives from all hospitals in NW London as well as representatives of
the patients.
As well as promoting best practice/evidence based high quality care standards, the purpose
of the CIG was to:
To ensure the reconfiguration programme develops robust implementation plans for
the delivery of paediatric services.
To ensure that implications for paediatric services are communicated and fully
understood at local level and that clinical colleagues are kept informed.
It‟s responsibilities were:
To ensure the robustness of proposals and modelling underpinning the paediatric
services aspects of the programme.
To ensure alignment between the plans for implementing changes to paediatric
services and the agreed clinical standards.
To lead the implementation of relevant recommendations made by the National
Clinical Advisory Team (NCAT) and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC)
review reports.
To provide information to the Programme Board, and its groups, to support the
implementation of changes to the configuration of services in NHS NW London.
7.25 Paediatric clinical standards agreed post-consultation
Through the expertise and experience of its members, the CIG considered existing
guidelines, standards from professional bodies, Royal colleges and the London Health
Programmes. The CIG also responded to a review and subsequent discussions with the
Department of Health National Clinical Advisory Team (NCAT)
The CIG has adopted the new London Health Programme standards for Paediatric
Emergency Services, which have in turn drawn on a wide range of other guidance and data
from London hospitals.
Additionally the CIG have considered and adopted the Department of Health‟s Toolkit for
High-Quality Neonatal Service (2009), the British Association of Perinatal Medicine (BAPM)
Service Standards for Hospitals Providing Neonatal Care (2010), NICE Quality standard for
specialist neonatal care (2010) and the standards detailed in the document “Facing the
Future: Standards for Paediatric Services (December 2011)”, and “Facing the Future:
Review of Paediatric Services (April 2010) from the RCPCH (Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health)”.
7c. Work of the Paediatric CIG 188