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AH ANNUAL REPORT 2018

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Local Audit<br />

Retrospective audit looking<br />

at timing from clinician review<br />

to arrival in anaesthetic<br />

room in daycase, specifically<br />

comparing first patient on list<br />

to subsequent patients<br />

Audit of aortopexy and<br />

vascular ring surgery in<br />

paediatric patients at Alder<br />

Hey<br />

Audit of genetic testing in<br />

neonatal CHD.<br />

(Coronary heart disease)<br />

Post PEG insertion care -<br />

completeness of the PEG<br />

(Percutaneous endoscopic<br />

gastrostomy) pathway form.<br />

Actions<br />

The audit was presented at the Alder Hey Department of Surgery in December<br />

2017.<br />

Action/Recommendation:<br />

• A pre 9 a.m. start for the first patient on the list should be possible if clinician<br />

review can be done in an expeditious manner.<br />

• Reduced pre-operative wait times have been maintained in the new daycase<br />

unit. These details will be fed back to the daycase departmental managers for<br />

circulation.<br />

• Re-audit in June <strong>2018</strong>, following all medical student placements we will be able<br />

to re-audit daycase start times from September to June allowing us to look at<br />

seasonal variation.<br />

The audit was presented to the Alder Hey ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) Department<br />

consultant and disseminated to the cardiothoracic consultants in January <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Action/Recommendation:<br />

• No significant issues arose from the audit. Results hold up well when viewed<br />

alongside those in published literature.<br />

• No changes were required as consolidated existing practice.<br />

• Re-audit in 5 years (infrequently performed procedure).<br />

The audit was presented at the Alder Hey monthly Cardiology and Cardiac surgery<br />

meeting in January <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Action/Recommendation:<br />

• Keep the same protocol for genetic testing, reinforce the guidelines.<br />

• Do not order microarray if not indicated by the protocol.<br />

• The consultants will be informed of the audit results and reminded to follow the<br />

protocol. No other action needed.<br />

• Re-audit in 12 months.<br />

The audit was presented to the Alder Hey Gastroenterology Department weekly<br />

meeting in March <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Action/Recommendation:<br />

• Digitisation of PEG pathway. Simplifying form as part of digitising process in GDE<br />

(Global Digital Excellence).<br />

• Specialist nurses to update risk register in regards to low levels of sign off for<br />

parents/guardians of PEGs.<br />

• Stoma nurse will continue to stress importance of parental sign off.<br />

• Discharging clinicians to ensure sign off is complete before discharge<br />

• To Re-audit digitised pathway once available (GDE will automatically do this so it<br />

will be an ongoing prospective audit.<br />

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 95<br />

Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18

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