Year of Care: NHS North of Tyne consortium
This project set out to engage primary care in care planning for people with diabetes. Project information was shared with commissioning groups, and training days were provided for GP practice staff.
The Year of Care programme aimed to take a new look at the relationship between people with long-term conditions and the NHS, using diabetes as an exemplar. The longer term goal was to enable patients to manage their own conditions and reduce the burden on the NHS in terms of avoidable admissions, ambulance call-outs and A&E costs.
Training was given to develop care planning consultation skills (using the appropriate implementation tools), allowing clinicians and patients to work together to create packages of care that were personal to the patient. Once developed, care plans were regularly reviewed.
The Year of Care programme found that care planning was a huge cultural change for organisations and those involved, with success depending on:
This project set out to engage primary care in care planning for people with diabetes. Project information was shared with commissioning groups, and training days were provided for GP practice staff.
Run by Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust (PCT), this project set out to break the 'tick box' mindset of annual diabetic reviews, to improve care, and support self-management. The work engaged with peop...
This project set out to improve quality of life for people with diabetes and to reduce the burden diabetes presents to public service finances and staff.
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