AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

2.1.2 Quality Improvements in 2017/18
– Progress Update
The key priorities for improvement for 2017/18 were
described in the 2016/17 Quality Account and focused
on five priority areas each of which represented an
improvement aim under the respective Quality domains
as defined in the Quality Strategy, ‘Inspiring Quality’.
These were agreed by the Trust Board as:
1. Further embed a safety culture throughout the
organisation
2. Increase engagement of children, young people
and families in improving quality and developing
services.
3. Increase number of defined clinical care pathways
across our clinical specialties.
4. Provide support that will enable our staff to feel
valued and respected by the organisation and
actively contribute to the organisation’s success
5. Continue to improve the environment to make it
work for both patients and staff.
Details of progress against these key priorities from
2017/18 is provided in Section 3 of this report.
2.2 STATEMENTS OF
ASSURANCE FROM THE
BOARD
2.2.1 Review of Services
During 2017/18 Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation
Trust provided 42 relevant health services. Alder Hey
has reviewed all the data available to them on the
quality of care in all of these relevant health services.
The income generated by the relevant health services
reviewed in 2017/18 represents 100% of the total
income generated from the provision of relevant health
services by Alder Hey for 2017/18.
2.2.2 Participation in Clinical Audits
and National Confidential Enquiries
Clinical Audit is a key aspect of assuring and
developing effective clinical pathways and outcomes.
National Clinical Audits are either funded by the Health
Care Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) through
the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes
Programme (NCAPOP) or funded through other means.
Priorities for the NCAPOP are set by NHS England with
advice from the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group
(NCAAG).
During the reporting period 1st April 2017 to 31st March
2018, 10 National Clinical Audits and five National
Confidential Enquiries covered NHS services that Alder
Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust provides.
During that period Alder Hey Children’s NHS
Foundation Trust participated in 100% (10 out of 10)
National Clinical Audits and 100% (5 out of 5) National
Confidential Enquiries of the National Clinical Audits
and National Confidential Enquiries which it was eligible
to participate in.
The National Clinical Audits and National Confidential
Enquiries that Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation
Trust was eligible to participate in during the reporting
period 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018 are contained
in the table below.
The National Clinical Audits and National Confidential
Enquiries that Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation
Trust participated in, and for which data collection was
completed during the reporting period 1st April 2017 to
31st March 2018, are listed below alongside the number
of cases submitted to each audit or enquiry as a
percentage of the number of registered cases required
by the terms of that audit or enquiry.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 84
Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18