The Christie NHS FT Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20

The Christie CODE The Christie CODE is our framework for measuring the quality of care provided to patients through observation, clear documentation and patient and staff experience. The CODE has enabled ward leaders and their teams to adopt quality assurance and improvement as the underpinning foundations of their everyday practice in a coherent, focused and systematic way, whilst supporting our culture of openness and candour. This framework strengthens professional leadership, empowers doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other team members to lead and deliver quality improvements at ward level for patient benefit. There are 14 standards covering the fundamentals of nursing care, plus management and leadership. Each standard is based on current evidence of best practice, national legislation, and regulatory guidance. The aim of the Scheme is: • To put patients at the centre of everything we do • To celebrate excellence • To demonstrate commitment to quality improvement • To have methodological rigour and draw on the evidence base in the development of standards and in the process used to assess levels of performance • To share best practice • To be inclusive of all multi-disciplinary staff who make a substantial contribution to the delivery of clinical care All six of our wards are accredited with ‘gold’ status and all of them have demonstrated maintenance of the CODE standards through annual re-accreditation. Work is currently ongoing to add additional standards for diabetes care and end of life care, which are due for inclusion in the wards reaccreditation process during 2020/21. More information on The Christie CODE can be found at http://www.christie.nhs.uk/about-us/about-the-christie/christie-quality/the-christie-code-quality scheme/

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