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organisation’s ability to continue to grow; and workforce requirements, as based on UKCIP 2009 weather
challenges linked to future supply of appropriately projects, to ensure that this organisation’s obligations
trained and skilled staff. The key mitigations for each under the Climate Change Act and the Adaptation
are: Reporting requirements are complied with.
• Financial sustainability in a challenging
In terms of the Trust’s Emergency Preparedness,
environment
Resilience and Response (EPRR) Core Standards
Mitigation:
return, the Trust received confirmation that it met the
- develop a broader service base expected timescale and all documentation submitted
- promote a national alliance on paediatric tariff was signed off at Board level.

• Ability to continue to grow REVIEW OF ECONOMY,
Mitigation: EFFICIENCY AND
- develop meaningful partnerships EFFECTIVENESS OF THE USE
- develop new business models with NHS partners
develop new NHS business, international operation OF RESOURCES
and innovation
As Accounting Officer, I am responsible for ensuring
• Workforce
arrangements are in place for securing value for
Mitigation: money in the use of the Trust’s resources. To do this, I
- Maximise Employer-Provider status for have implemented a robust system to set, review and
apprenticeships implement strategic objectives. Trust objectives are
informed by the views of its Council of Governors and
- Maintain supply of nurses via nurse pool – 40
other key stakeholders. In 2017/18 the Trust continued
WTE above establishment
to engage with the Sustainability and Transformation
- Develop the Alder Hey Academy including Planning process that was established nationally
collaborative working with HEI’s and local schools
in 2016/17 to take forward the vision set out in the
- Develop new and expanded roles e.g. nurse Five Year Forward View, for which I was lead for the
social worker, Advanced Nurse Practitioners to Cheshire and Merseyside group from March 2016,
support medical workforce which ensured that Alder Hey was well placed to
- Deliver our health and wellbeing strategy for staff. understand this wider context and participate in the
health economy’s response to its challenges. I stood
As an employer with staff entitled to membership of the down from this role In May 2017, in order to focus upon
NHS Pension Scheme, control measures are in place Alder Hey as it took on the responsibilities of the six
to ensure all employer obligations contained within the month management contract for Liverpool Community
Scheme regulations are complied with. This includes Health NHS Trust which it had undertaken at the behest
ensuring that deductions from salary, employer’s of NHS Improvement.
contributions and payments into the Scheme are in
accordance with the Scheme rules, and that member The Trust produces an annual operational plan that sets
Pension Scheme records are accurately updated out organisational objectives which are cascaded to
in accordance with the timescales detailed in the local level. Divisional activity is reviewed throughout the
Regulations. year to monitor progress and agree corrective action
where necessary via monthly performance review
Control measures are in place to ensure that the meetings with Divisional senior teams. The Board of
organisation’s obligations under equality, diversity and Directors reviews performance against objectives on
human rights legislation are complied with. The Trust a monthly basis through the Corporate Performance
maintains continuing compliance with the statutory and Report which is also reviewed by key Board assurance
regulatory duties that are related to Equality, Diversity committees.
and Human Rights, with publication of information to
meet the Public Sector Equality Duty. Arrangements for Operationally, the Executive team uses a range of
the strategic oversight of progress towards the Trust’s mechanisms through which it monitors performance,
Equality Objectives have been a key priority during the identifies emerging risks to delivery and takes
year; this process will continue to be reinforced during mitigating action to address issues as they arise. These
2018/19. The Equality Objectives will be aligned with processes have continued during the year and include
NHS EDS 2 and the WRES and will respond to the twice daily patient flow huddles, a weekly activity
associated commissioning requirements. meeting and a weekly Executive ‘Communication Cell’
huddle which was set up during 2017/18 as a means
The trust has undertaken risk assessments and Carbon of sharing information about actual performance over
Reduction Delivery Plans are in place in accordance the previous seven days and highlighting issues for the
with emergency preparedness and civil contingency coming week. This process was particularly effective

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