Page 104 - H:\Annual Report\

in improved ward to board reporting of risk, incident free care for every, patient every time. The campaign
reporting, and shared learning. was launched on 24th June 2014 with an ambition of
halving avoidable harm in the NHS over a three year
Staff are well settled into the new hospital building period and saving 6,000 lives as a result.
and are becoming increasingly satisfied with their As an organisation committed to improving patient
working life which is reflected in the 2017 staff survey, safety, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
which shows many areas of significant improvement joined the Sign up to Safety campaign and developed
compared to the previous year. We have continued to a Trust Wide Safety Improvement Plan with specific
employ Listening into Action as a key enabler for staff improvement outcomes as highlighted in the previous
involvement in resolving local issues and making local quality report. The aim is that by March 2018, against a
improvements, with excellent results in many areas. 2014/15 baseline, we will:
We have also maintained other avenues for staff to
• Achieve no never events year on year
raise any issues or areas of concern they may have
through our ‘Raise it, Change it’ mechanism or through • Reduce all avoidable harm by 30%
direct contact with one of our ‘Freedom To Speak Up’
• Reduce avoidable moderate, severe harm or death by
champions. 50%
• Achieve a 95% patient satisfaction score
We continue to work closely with children and families
to make ongoing improvements and will place a
particular focus during the coming year on further In this final year of the Sign up to Safety campaign,
the Trust has shown great progress against most
developing a culture of continuous quality improvement
and on involving children and families in the co-design of the extremely challenging targets declared in our
Safety Improvement Plan. We are proud to be able to
of improvements.
demonstrate improvements and contribute to saving
3.2 SIGN UP TO SAFETY lives over the three years of the campaign. Progress
against each of the individual elements of the Sign up to
Sign up to Safety is a national patient safety campaign Safety campaign is reflected in separate sections below
whose vision is for the whole NHS to become the safest as part of the Trust’s quality performance declarations.
healthcare system in the world, aiming to deliver harm

3.3 KEY PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY 2017/18

The key quality priorities set out for 2017/18 are summarised in the table below. The following sections describe the
progress made in these areas throughout the year.

Quality Domain Priority Area

Aim 1 Patients will not suffer harm in our care Further embed a safety culture throughout the organisation

Patients will have the best possible Increase engagement of children, young people & families
Aim 2
experience in improving quality and developing services
Patients will receive the most effective Increase number of defined clinical care pathways across
Aim 3
evidence based care our clinical specialties
Provide support that will enable our staff to feel valued and
Aim 4 Improve workforce health & wellbeing respected by the organisation and actively contribute to the
organisation’s success

Our environment will enable us to deliver an Continue to improve the environment to make it work for
Aim 5
excellent service both patients and staff

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 104 Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18