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Improvements: • Explore how our services can be made more
accessible in relation to information formats and
• Increased the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)
communication support for families and recording
representation in the workforce from 190 to 222,
these preferences on patient records
representing a 0.7% increase (refer to Section 3.3.4
for details). • Further work collaboratively with commissioners and
local Trusts to broaden opportunities to engage with
• Developed induction training package for all
different community groups to progress the Trust’s
volunteers and nurses in Learning Disability and
equality objectives.
Autistic Spectrum Condition awareness.
• Continue to make training opportunities in cultural
• Developed a flag on hospital computer system for
competence and unconscious bias available for staff.
easy identification of patients with a learning disability.
• Undertake a detailed analysis of the results of the
• Developed risk assessment/Mental Health First Aid
Gender Pay Gap Report and take steps to reduce the
training for all areas across the Trust.
gender pay gap.
• Adopted a collaborative approach with several
Trusts in close partnership with Merseyside Clinical 3.3.11 Improving the Transition from
Commissioning Groups to improve existing Equality
Delivery System (EDS2) outcomes, with Alder Hey Children and Young People Services to
focussing on EDS2 goals 1 and 2 (patients). This work Adult Services 2017/18
is ongoing and will identify priorities for 2018/19.
• EDS2 goal 3 (workforce) is supported by the Trust
staff BME Network and the Disability Network that Aim:
represent the views of these staff groups. The BME To establish a good quality,
network also supports the progress of the Workforce safe, effective and seamless
Race Equality Standard (WRES) action plan. transition to adult services,
for children with complex long
• The Trust continues to be a member of the
term conditions.
community advisory group.
• Implemented the self-service aspects of the
employee staff record (ESR), thereby providing staff Transition to adult services (transition) is defined as
with greater control over their personal data including “a purposeful, planned process that addresses the
demographic data. medical, psychosocial and educational/vocational
needs of adolescents and young people with [long
• Published our first gender pay gap report.
term] conditions as they move from child-centred to
• The Trust has provided for British Sign Language adult-oriented health care systems’ (DfES 2006).
Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) located in the
Emergency and Outpatient departments, available Transition to adult services ensures that young people
to all staff. This provides instant BSL interpretation are able to access the most appropriate services
services when required. according to their age, developmental needs and the
nature of their long term condition. If young people
Future Plans are not adequately supported through transition they
may not engage with adult health care providers, and
• Establish an Equality and Diversity Steering Group.
this increases the risk of deterioration of their long
This will enable the Trust to continually monitor
term condition. Transition to adult services can be a
performance responding to evolving contractual and
traumatic period for young people, who commonly
legislative requirements and the priorities identified by
fall between services or ‘disappear’ during transition,
stakeholders.
disengaging from services and becoming lost to
• Continue to improve the quality of patient and staff follow up, only to present later in life with potentially
data particularly in terms of capturing protected avoidable complications. Additionally, if young people
characteristics. remain inappropriately in children’s services there is
• Continue to improve the quality of equality analysis less capacity within the Trust for younger children and
babies.
(EA) and strengthen the assurance process regarding
EA and to provide support to project and policy leads
to ensure lawful decision making.
• Research to identify barriers to accessing services
will be undertaken through engagement with
stakeholders in the community

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust 138 Annual Report & Accounts 2017/18