Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation Briefing from *Hospital Name*

Introduction to the Organisation  A brief overview of the organisation and its recent history (e.g. when became a foundation trust, local events, etc)

Location

Patient Population and Demographics

Staff and facilities overview

Statistics  Numbers regarding staff, etc.  Recommended inclusions:  # of anaesthesia staff,  # of core anaesthesia staff, trainees, etc.  # of nurses  # of patients treated  # of obstetrics deliveries per year.

Level of activity

Management Structure

Clinical Governance  Who is responsible?  Meetings – how often and who attends?  Mechanisms for learning from experience and making changes  Audits/QI Project participation

Safety Record  Examples of how Critical Incident reporting is used  Learning from mistakes and near misses and making changes  Implementation of changes and measuring the impact of changes

Key Achievements  Achievements or practices that the department is particularly proud of