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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 />

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 93<br />

Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18

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