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AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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Improvements<br />

• Continued long term secondment agreement (5<br />

years) for the Consultant LD nurse post<br />

• Formation of LD/ASC liaison team which will include<br />

- Full time LD liaison nurse<br />

- Part-time play specialist<br />

- Part-time admin support<br />

- Part-time LD nurse contribution (across site,<br />

released from clinical areas) to team<br />

• 4 LD nurse appointments within the Trust across<br />

clinical areas<br />

• Established Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum<br />

Condition Steering Group<br />

• Established parent and child reference groups<br />

to support steering group and trust consultation<br />

(Millstead, Bank View and Redbridge schools)<br />

• Established partnerships with voluntary and<br />

independent sector organisations e.g. Contact a<br />

Family, Autism Together<br />

• Ongoing participation in CCG hosted Liverpool Acute<br />

Liaison Network<br />

• Mandatory training LD awareness e-learning pack<br />

rolled out<br />

• Ongoing training – e.g. Learning disability and ASC<br />

awareness via induction training for all volunteers and<br />

nurses that is the pan-Liverpool LD health training<br />

pack (used in all acute sites in Liverpool – developed<br />

with Liverpool Mencap as part of the Liverpool Acute<br />

Liaison Network)<br />

• Ongoing risk assessment/ mental health first aid and<br />

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) training across the<br />

trust (rolling programme available to all areas)<br />

• Ongoing autism awareness training for all staff<br />

provided by Autism Together<br />

• Developed LD indicator for easy LD identification on<br />

Meditech (Trust wide computer system)<br />

• Developed ‘LD champions’ training and new<br />

champions identified<br />

• Developed LD resource pack and pilot in clinical<br />

areas - including pathways<br />

• Pilot of hospital passport/ risk assessment and<br />

reasonable adjustment tools as per Liverpool acute<br />

liaison Network strategy<br />

• Developed academic and practice links across Edge<br />

Hill University and Alder Hey children’s hospital to<br />

support student journey/experiences and ultimately<br />

recruitment for the Trust.<br />

Future Plans<br />

• Continued development of the five day acute liaison<br />

service across site (LD nurse workload model and<br />

supervision)<br />

• Trust strategy to have an LD trained nurse on every<br />

ward. Further recruitment planned<br />

• Continued development of LD/ASC steering group<br />

and parent/ child reference groups<br />

• Development of Alder Hey information pack for<br />

children and families with LD/ASC in conjunction with<br />

Liverpool network<br />

• Continued roll out of hospital passport, a one page<br />

profile, communication passport<br />

• Continued attendance and benchmarking across<br />

Liverpool acute network and nationally re best<br />

practice<br />

• Further implementation of risk assessment and<br />

reasonable adjustment tools across the Trust<br />

• Continued rolling programme of training across all<br />

clinical areas - bespoke training planned for clinical<br />

areas where requested<br />

• Implementation of toy library proposals - across site<br />

access to sensory and specialist toys for all children<br />

with LD and additional sensory needs<br />

• Continue development of LD champions and<br />

resources<br />

• Continue to support clinical areas in the development<br />

of specific pathways for children with LD/ASC<br />

• Improve external communication with families e.g.<br />

through electronic/media etc.<br />

• Develop further the use and availability of<br />

communication tools across areas to increase staff<br />

awareness.<br />

• Continued identification of research streams and<br />

dissemination of best practice across professional<br />

networks e.g. LD Consultant Nurse Network ,<br />

Learning Disability Research Network.<br />

3.3.13 Nurse Staffing<br />

Aims:<br />

• To have zero nursing vacancies.<br />

• To sustain a Nurse Pool to cover maternity leave<br />

and long term sick cover and fill ward/department<br />

vacancies.<br />

• To have a proactive recruitment campaign.<br />

• To have a nursing workforce who have the right<br />

skills and receive the right training for the job.<br />

Changes or deficiencies in the nursing workforce can<br />

have a detrimental impact on the quality of care. Patient<br />

outcomes, and particularly safety, are improved when<br />

organisations have the right people, with the right skills,<br />

in the right place at the right time.<br />

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 141<br />

Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18

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