Governance

Question 1

Clinical Effectiveness Group meetings (CEG)

Accepted Answer

The primary responsibility for clinical governance and accountability remains that of each individual Trust. However it is acknowledged that there are numerous lessons and outcomes that should be shared for the benefit of CM Neonatal Network and utilised for reporting identified and agreed performance to specialist commissioners.
Core membership of the Clinical Effectiveness Group will be: the Network Neonatal Clinical Lead (Appointed Chair) and Quality Improvement Lead Nurse for Governance (Deputy Chair). A clinical lead and a nurse lead for each provider trust within the network. Colleagues from other professional groups and guest speakers maybe invited to CEG to enhance learning and understanding of the group.
All meeting dates and documents can be found on the NWNODN Future Platforms

Question 2

Neonatal Steering Group Meetings (NSG)

Accepted Answer

It is expected that the Neonatal Steering Group (NSG) will provide expertise, direction and advice to NHS England, service providers, and the wider NHS community to improve the quality, safety and effectiveness of neonatal care across the NWNODN.
Core membership of the NSG will be the appointed chair, Neonatal Clinical Lead, Network Director and Quality Improvement Lead; this will be enhanced by membership from across the ODN footprint recognising the diversity of the conurbation. The Steering Group welcome support and commitment from the following areas:

Specialised commissioner
 	NHS service Providers
 	Obstetric and Midwifery representation
 	User / carer / families representation
 	Voluntary Sector representation
 	Supporting networks – SCN, AHSN, and LDN,s as required

All meeting dates and documents can be found on the NWNODN Future Platform

Question 3

NWNODN Clinical Incident Reporting Process

Accepted Answer

Clinical incidents are identified by one provider that have occurred during the care of another provider. 
Any incident outlined below should be reported via the multi-provider reporting form to the NWNODN governance link.

Delays in repatriation exceeding 48 hours beyond the agreed transfer date, where the delay has impacted patient outcomes, capacity, or patient flow.
Pathway-related issues where the issue involves more than one organisation or systemic pathway failure.
Serious incidents resulting in moderate, severe, or catastrophic harm, in accordance with the organisation's PSIRF.
Incidents affecting multiple organisations offering opportunities for shared learning and improvement through Network-level oversight that would not otherwise be directly reported to the Unit or through CEG.

The clinical incident reporting process for the MPI reports can be found here

Question 4

Patient Identifiable Data

Accepted Answer

Emailing patient identifiable information:
Patient identifiable information should only be sent between two NHS.Net email accounts. To set up an NHS.net account please contact your Trust I.T help desk who will be able to set this up for you.
When NHS.net accounts are not being used only Badger ID should be used on the form to identify the patient.
For more information please visit:
https://digital.nhs.uk/services/nhsmail