AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Improvements:
• Increased the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
representation in the workforce from 190 to 222,
representing a 0.7% increase (refer to Section 3.3.4
for details).
• Developed induction training package for all
volunteers and nurses in Learning Disability and
Autistic Spectrum Condition awareness.
• Developed a flag on hospital computer system for
easy identification of patients with a learning disability.
• Developed risk assessment/Mental Health First Aid
training for all areas across the Trust.
• Adopted a collaborative approach with several
Trusts in close partnership with Merseyside Clinical
Commissioning Groups to improve existing Equality
Delivery System (EDS2) outcomes, with Alder Hey
focussing on EDS2 goals 1 and 2 (patients). This work
is ongoing and will identify priorities for 2018/19.
• EDS2 goal 3 (workforce) is supported by the Trust
staff BME Network and the Disability Network that
represent the views of these staff groups. The BME
network also supports the progress of the Workforce
Race Equality Standard (WRES) action plan.
• The Trust continues to be a member of the
community advisory group.
• Implemented the self-service aspects of the
employee staff record (ESR), thereby providing staff
with greater control over their personal data including
demographic data.
• Published our first gender pay gap report.
• The Trust has provided for British Sign Language
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) located in the
Emergency and Outpatient departments, available
to all staff. This provides instant BSL interpretation
services when required.
Future Plans
• Establish an Equality and Diversity Steering Group.
This will enable the Trust to continually monitor
performance responding to evolving contractual and
legislative requirements and the priorities identified by
stakeholders.
• Continue to improve the quality of patient and staff
data particularly in terms of capturing protected
characteristics.
• Continue to improve the quality of equality analysis
(EA) and strengthen the assurance process regarding
EA and to provide support to project and policy leads
to ensure lawful decision making.
• Research to identify barriers to accessing services
will be undertaken through engagement with
stakeholders in the community
• Explore how our services can be made more
accessible in relation to information formats and
communication support for families and recording
these preferences on patient records
• Further work collaboratively with commissioners and
local Trusts to broaden opportunities to engage with
different community groups to progress the Trust’s
equality objectives.
• Continue to make training opportunities in cultural
competence and unconscious bias available for staff.
• Undertake a detailed analysis of the results of the
Gender Pay Gap Report and take steps to reduce the
gender pay gap.
3.3.11 Improving the Transition from
Children and Young People Services to
Adult Services 2017/18
Aim:
To establish a good quality,
safe, effective and seamless
transition to adult services,
for children with complex long
term conditions.
Transition to adult services (transition) is defined as
“a purposeful, planned process that addresses the
medical, psychosocial and educational/vocational
needs of adolescents and young people with [long
term] conditions as they move from child-centred to
adult-oriented health care systems’ (DfES 2006).
Transition to adult services ensures that young people
are able to access the most appropriate services
according to their age, developmental needs and the
nature of their long term condition. If young people
are not adequately supported through transition they
may not engage with adult health care providers, and
this increases the risk of deterioration of their long
term condition. Transition to adult services can be a
traumatic period for young people, who commonly
fall between services or ‘disappear’ during transition,
disengaging from services and becoming lost to
follow up, only to present later in life with potentially
avoidable complications. Additionally, if young people
remain inappropriately in children’s services there is
less capacity within the Trust for younger children and
babies.
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