2000 - 2001 - Central Manchester University Hospitals - NHS ...

Clinical Governance is the national framework through which we
are accountable for continuously improving the quality of our
services and safeguarding high quality standards of care.
Clinical Directors: Dr H Lloyd
and Dr C Verduyn
General Manager: Mrs G Saker
Budget: £3.9 million
Staff: 103
The Trust was awarded responsibility for managing the
Manchester city-wide Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service.
The Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Directorate was formed on 1 January 2001, through the merger
of the services provided by South Manchester University Hospitals
NHS Trust, Central Manchester Healthcare NHS Trust and
Mancunian Community Healthcare NHS Trust, with services
provided by Manchester Children’s Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Directorate provides district Child and Adolescent Clinical
Psychology Services in Manchester and Salford, and a Greater
Manchester inpatient service for children and young people up to
the age of 14 years. The University of Manchester’s Academic
Department of Child Psychiatry is located within the Directorate.
The Academic Department attracts substantial grant income and
is an internationally renowned centre of excellence. Clinical and
academic departments play a major role in teaching and training.
The priorities for the coming year include:
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Developing a Directorate Clinical Governance Strategy.
Recruiting to key posts: Family Therapist and Senior Nurse.
The fundamental issue of the clinical governance agenda is the
implementation of a culture, which allows staff to continually
improve the clinical quality of services provided for children.
It requires a combination of the right environment, appropriate
education and the involvement of staff, patients and their families.
The Trust’s strategy was led jointly by the Medical Director and
the Director of Nursing through the Clinical Governance Coordinating
Group. This group brought together all the essential
elements of clinical governance into one consolidated body.
There was also a Clinical Governance Forum which provided an
opportunity for all clinical staff in the multi-disciplinary
professions to come together to examine, explore, challenge and
advise on core clinical quality issues.
During 2000/01 the Trust:
● Developed a Consultant appraisal manual, which will be
reviewed in the light of national advice.
● Continued to develop information for patients and their
families. A consumer satisfaction survey was carried out to
measure parents/carers’ satisfaction with the explanation of
proposed treatment, risks and alternatives given to them by
our healthcare professionals.
- 97% of respondents were satisfied with the
explanation of proposed treatment.
- 98% of respondents felt they had made an informed
decision.
● Submission of bids with partner agencies for Children’s Fund
monies.
New appointment:
Dr R Refaat, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist.
The key priorities for 2001/02 include:
● The further development of a clinical risk management
framework.
● A Children’s National Service Framework is being produced
and this will drive the clinical priorities for children’s issues.
The formation of the new Trust will require a change in
organisational arrangements for clinical governance.
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Annual Report 2000 ~ 2001