AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Ensuring Children with Protected
Characteristics are not Disadvantaged
Through any Service Development
Proposals
Aim: To ensure all transformation projects consider
the potential impact of the proposed improvement
on patients with protected characteristics
Targets:
• All proposed transformation projects will include
a Quality Impact Assessment and an Equality
Analysis.
Outcomes - 2017/18:
• 25 out of 29 projects have a QIA and EA
completed.
Data source: Trust Programme Board project
tracker
The Trust recognises the importance of meeting its
public sector equality duties and the potential risks
of inadvertently excluding or disadvantaging some
members of our patient population.
We are committed to ensuring all service development
proposals consider the potential impact on all of
our children and young people, including those with
protected characteristics, and their families.
By the end of March 2018, there were 29 active
projects, 25 of which had a Quality Impact Assessment
and an Equality Analysis completed
Improvements
• Redesigned Quality Impact Assessment (QIA) and
Equality Analysis (EA) forms
• Included a mandatory section in service development
initiation documents describing how children and
families are involved and affected
• Tracked compliance with completion of QIA and EA
through Trust Programme Board
Future Plans
• Refer to Section 3.3.10 Equality & Diversity to see
plans to further improve compliance with public
sector equality duties.
3.3.2.1 Other Examples of Engaging
Children and Families in Improving
Quality and Developing Services
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is
committed to providing children and young people and
their families/carers with the best possible experience
during their time under our care. An important aspect
of identifying the areas where we need to improve is to
understand the patients’ views of our services and how
they rate their experience of the services we provide.
We have adopted a number of different means for
capturing this information, as identified below.
The Trust has adopted a wide range of methods to
capture feedback including Family & Friends Test which
provides a broad measure of patient experience which
can be used alongside other data that is collected,
including through our ward accreditation programme
– ‘Journey to the Stars’, PLACE inspections, plus a
listening event co-ordinated by our local Healthwatch
organisations. Collection and aggregation of this data
allows us to identify key themes and trends.
The data collection process is strongly supported by
our team of volunteers who are trained in the use of an
electronic tablet as part of their induction and support
the patient experience team in gathering the feedback
electronically and in real time.
A. Improvements in Acute Asthma
Pathway
Aims:
• To make asthma care at Alder Hey the most
evidence-based, patient-centred pathway in the
world
• To reduce the length of stay, and reduce hospital
admissions
Outcomes
• Co-designed new pathway with parents
• Reduced frequency of steroid treatment from 3
times per day to once per day
• Reduced side effects of treatment
• Reduced frequency of exposure to X-rays from
30% asthmatic children to 8%
• Reduced costs of medication by 90%
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Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18