AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018
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Local Audit<br />
ADHD (Attention Deficit<br />
Hyperactivity Disorder)<br />
prescription audit<br />
What is a post tonsillectomy<br />
bleed?<br />
Audit of blood loss during<br />
scoliosis correction in<br />
Duchenne Muscular<br />
Dystrophy.<br />
Service Evaluation of<br />
Dental Treatment done as a<br />
‘piggyback’.<br />
Actions<br />
The audit was presented at the Alder Hey Community Paediatrics Department<br />
meeting in October 2017.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• To update and disseminate ADHD guidelines,<br />
• Adhere to guidelines.<br />
• To ensure guidelines are readily available to all prescribers.<br />
• To facilitate regular case review and Multi disciplinary Team meetings. In complex<br />
cases discuss with the lead clinician for that patch.<br />
• To Re-audit at an agreed timescale with the team.<br />
The audit was presented at the Alder Hey E.N.T. (Ear, Nose and Throat) Department<br />
weekly meeting in November 2017.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Update to existing policy to include advice to give post operatively.<br />
• Follow up phone calls for four weeks then repeated after changes to policy.<br />
• Re-audit in 1 month.<br />
The audit was discussed with the senior author in January <strong>2018</strong>. A date for<br />
presentation is to be confirmed at the Alder Hey Department of Surgery local<br />
Mortality and Morbidity meeting.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Continue current practice.<br />
• No changes to practice needed as there was no change in primary outcome<br />
measure.<br />
• Re-audit in 5-10 years (extremely low volume of patients make it difficult to obtain<br />
significant numbers for analysis).<br />
The audit was presented at the Alder Hey Department of Paediatric Dentistry<br />
governance meeting in March <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Action/Recommendation:<br />
• Appropriate radiographs to be obtained to aid assessment. Justification for<br />
absence of radiographs should be recorded.<br />
• Patients identified for piggyback should have the consent process started at the<br />
time of assessment and treatment planning.<br />
• All patients for piggyback dental treatment to be assessed by appropriate staff.<br />
• Follow up and preventative care arranged for all patients.<br />
• Prospective Re-audit in 3 months after dissemination of findings.<br />
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