{"id":2520,"date":"2018-06-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:34:48","slug":"joining-the-dots-survey-results-on-child-friendly-healthcare-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/ga\/news\/joining-the-dots-survey-results-on-child-friendly-healthcare-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Joining the Dots\u2019 Survey Results on child-friendly healthcare in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<strong>Joint Press Release<\/strong>\n\n<strong>\u2018Joining the Dots\u2019 Survey Results<\/strong>\n\n<strong>Published by the Children\u2019s Hospital Group Board and the Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office<\/strong>\n\nThe Children\u2019s Hospital Group Board and the Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office are pleased to launch the results of the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/library\/joining-the-dots-connecting-voices-for-child-friendly-healthcare-in-hospital\/\"><em>Joining the Dots: Connecting voices for child-friendly healthcare in hospital.<\/em><\/a>\n\n<em>Joining the Dots<\/em> has been an exciting opportunity to hear, for the first time, from children and young people receiving care and treatment in the three children&#8217;s hospitals about what they feel is working well and where there is room for improvement.\n\n<em>Joining the Dots<\/em> is a joint initiative by the Children\u2019s Hospital Group Board and the Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office with the three children\u2019s hospitals \u2013 Our Lady\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital, Crumlin, Temple Street Children\u2019s University Hospital and the National Children\u2019s Hospital, Tallaght University Hospital \u2013 to hear the views of children, young people, parents\/guardians and hospital staff on the delivery of services to children and young people in hospital.\n\nThis joint initiative sought participants\u2019 views on a range of issues that relate to children\u2019s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and different rights that children have in healthcare settings, including hospitals.\n\nThe results of the surveys completed by children, young people, parents\/guardians and hospital staff will help the children\u2019s hospitals to identify what changes could give children and young people a better experience of being in hospital. The survey results will also support ongoing work to plan and design paediatric services for the new children\u2019s hospital and two paediatric outpatients and urgent care centres at Connolly and Tallaght Hospitals.\n\nThe <em>Joining the Dots<\/em> survey took place in the Emergency Departments, Inpatient Departments and Outpatient Departments of the three children\u2019s hospitals between July and August 2017. \u00a0In total, 2,530 children (aged 6-11 years), young people (aged 12-17 years), parents\/guardians and hospital staff and management in the three children\u2019s hospitals took part. The surveys were distributed by staff in each of the three children\u2019s hospitals and by Children in Hospital Ireland volunteers.\n\nWelcoming the publication of the results, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon said: \u201c<em>Joining the Dots<\/em> is an innovative initiative because it is the first time in Ireland that children and young people have been asked for their views as service users on a wide range of issues relating to their rights in hospital settings.\u201d\n\nDr Muldoon continued: \u201cThe results of the <em>Joining the Dots<\/em> survey provide a welcome indicator of the quality of acute paediatric healthcare services in Dublin: we now have a much clearer picture of what is working well and where there is room for improvement. <em>Joining the Dots <\/em>is a child-centred quality assurance tool and I warmly welcome that the Children\u2019s Hospital Group is working with the HSE to examine the feasibility of implementing this initiative in acute paediatric services outside Dublin.\u201d\n\nCommenting on the results of this first survey of acute healthcare services for children Eil\u00edsh Hardiman, Chief Executive, Children\u2019s Hospital Group said: \u201cWe wish to thank all who made this survey possible, with a very special thank you to those who provided their invaluable insights into our health services. This feedback will become the backbone on which we will shape our design for acute paediatric services delivery.\u201d\n\nThe CEOs, Directors of Nursing and clinical staff from the three children\u2019s hospitals also welcomed the results of this initiative and said \u201cwe would like to acknowledge how important these results are to all our staff and services. We will work hard to identify and implement the vital improvements that are in our capability to achieve. Thank you to everyone who made this feedback possible.\u201d\n\nThe wide range of issues we sought participants\u2019 views on were grouped under 8 sections:\n<ol>\n \t<li>Getting good quality care<\/li>\n \t<li>Being treated equally and fairly<\/li>\n \t<li>Rest, play, leisure and learning<\/li>\n \t<li>Information and participation<\/li>\n \t<li>Safety and environment<\/li>\n \t<li>Protection<\/li>\n \t<li>Pain management<\/li>\n \t<li>Final comments<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe results of the questionnaires highlight a range of good practices as well as signposting areas for potential improvement.\n\nOver 3,000 comments were made by children, young people and parents\/guardians. 65% of the comments were positive and 35% of the comments suggested areas where improvements could be made.\n\nEight out of ten of the positive comments \u00a0\u00a0were about the care delivered by hospital staff to children and young people.\n\nAmong the issues raised in comments about room for improvement were: waiting times for treatments and procedures (26%), building infrastructure (16%), parking (14%) and food (9%).\n\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Children\u2019s Hospital Group is working with the HSE to explore the feasibility of rolling out this initiative in acute paediatric healthcare services across Ireland.\u00a0 It has also established a Quality and Patient Safety Group which will take responsibility for the development of a quality improvement action plan based on the areas for improvement identified by the survey results.\n\n<strong>ENDS<\/strong>\n\nFor further information please contact:\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"301\">Valerie Kavanagh\n\nCommunications Manager\n\nChildren\u2019s Hospital Group\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEmail:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:valerie.kavanagh@nchg.ie\">valerie.kavanagh@nchg.ie<\/a>\n\nTel:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 076 69 59170\n\nMobile:\u00a0 087 2946650<\/td>\n<td width=\"301\">Niamh Connolly\n\nCommunications Manager\n\nOffice of the Ombudsman for Children\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEmail:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:niamh_connolly@oco.ie\">niamh_connolly@oco.ie<\/a>\n\nTel\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a001 8656800\n\nMobile: \u00a0\u00a0087 1484173<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<strong>Notes to Editor: <\/strong>\n\nThe <em>Joining the Dots<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2018\/06\/JoiningtheDots_Report_June2018.pdf\">Report<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oco.ie\/app\/uploads\/2018\/06\/JoiningTheDots_Summary_June2018.pdf\">Summary<\/a>\n\n<strong><em>Photographs of report launch available from Maxwell Photography <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:office@maxwellphotography.ie\/\">office@maxwellphotography.ie<\/a>\u00a0 Tel 01 830 8072\n\nThe <strong>Children\u2019s Hospital Group Board<\/strong> was established in 2013 with initial remits to integrate the three children\u2019s hospitals, develop clinical and corporate governance structures for a \u2018virtual hospital\u2019 well before transitioning to the new hospital, and to act as client for the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB). There are other remits currently held by the NPHDB that are to transfer to the Children\u2019s Hospital Group Board (CHGB), following relevant amendments to the Development Board\u2019s Statutory Instrument.\n\nThe <strong>Ombudsman for Children\u2019s Office<\/strong>\u00a0(OCO) is an independent statutory body to promote the rights and welfare of children up to the age of 18 living in Ireland. The OCO\u2019s duties include encouraging the development of policies, practices and procedures that promote children\u2019s rights and welfare, consulting with children and highlighting issues relating to children\u2019s rights and welfare that are of concern to children.\n\n<strong>Children in Hospital Ireland<\/strong> (CHI) volunteers helped to distribute the <em>Joining the Dots<\/em> questionnaires and supported children, young people and parents\/guardians to fill out the questionnaires. At the heart of CHI\u2019s work is its play service which is now available to children in hospitals throughout Ireland.\u00a0CHI is the only charity managing such a voluntary service in Irish hospitals. 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