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Sláintecare Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Webinars
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Sláintecare established a learning network in 2019 for the +100 Integration Fund projects. Sláintecare is working with IFIC Ireland and the HSE to develop a series of learning webinars to share stories of how initiatives and services supported by the Sláintecare Integration Fund have contributed to delivery of care to help vulnerable people stay well in their communities.
This learning will be of particular relevance for services provided for those most at risk of developing COVID-19. Many of the integration-funded projects adapted to delivering their care in innovative ways as a result of infection-control measures, introduced to avoid social contact.
Sláintecare hosted our seventh Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Person Centred Quality Care/Improving the experience of patients and service users” on 4th February 2021.
This webinar heard from Dr Philip Crowley, Director of Quality Improvement, HSE who talked about Quality Improvement and the importance of supporting frontline services to improve care.
Sláintecare hosted our sixth Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Engaging Communities” on 19th November 2020.
The theme of our sixth webinar was ‘Engaging Communities’. We know that the community and voluntary sector and charitable organisations play a very significant role in our social and economic life. They provide much needed and often under-acknowledged human, social and community services in all key areas of life.
This webinar heard from Michael Walsh, CEO Waterford County Council and Brendan Courtney of the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Committee who shared his views on the community response to Covid 19 and the important role of the Community & Voluntary Sector.
We shared stories of projects from the Community and Voluntary sector which have a focus on empowering people and communities to be more engaged in their own health and wellbeing and whose projects are funded through the Sláintecare Integration Fund:
Active Neuro - An integrated care approach to delivering health-promoting physical activity programmes for people with neurological conditions in the community. MS Ireland is delivering this project. There are many benefits of exercise and physical activity for people with neurological conditions. Being physically active can reduce symptom severity, improve quality of life and result in reduced healthcare service usage. Active Neuro shifts the focus from rehabilitation for new onset or worsening of symptoms, to a health-promoting physical activity model for prevention.
Dr. Susan Coote, Physiotherapist, MS Ireland
MyMind is very aware that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on many
individuals and families, and there has been increased pressure on people’s ability to cope with the additional challenges posed by the virus. From bereavement and job losses to the fear and anxiety caused by the need to socially distance, and trying to deal with loneliness and isolation, many people are finding it hard to cope. MyMind will deliver free online counselling appointments for people all over Ireland
Grainne O Rourke, Head of Communications, MyMind
Croí MySláinte – addressing the lifestyle drivers of preventable chronic disease. This project is being delivered by Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac & Stroke Foundation. MySláinte is a community-based, multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention, designed to improve risk factors across a wide spectrum of chronic diseases, both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, lung disease and kidney disease. This programme offers a new and alternative way of delivering preventive care through a virtual platform making it accessible for people to access from the comfort of their home.
Irene Gibson, Director of Programmes, Croí
Prime Time for Older Adults - This project is being delivered by Laois Sports Partnership. The overall goal of this project is to create more opportunities for older adults in Laois to be physically active under the supervision of skilled professionals who are equipped to deliver group physical activity sessions. The sessions are for people aged between 50 and 90 years of age, with an emphasis on those with clinical conditions including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, back and joint pain, etc. Exercise training plays a very important role in the treatment and management of these conditions, so it is important that individuals with these conditions have the opportunity to engage in exercise programmes. Clinical exercise physiology and an education component will increase participants’ self-efficacy to manage their own clinical conditions.
Diane Cooper, PhD, Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Researcher in Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Clinical Exercise Physiology
This webinar was the sixth in a series of webinars and is being hosted by Sláintecare in partnership with HSE and IFIC Ireland.
Sláintecare hosted our fifth Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Health & Wellbeing – Empowering Citizens’ on 22nd October 2020.
The theme of our fifth webinar was ‘Health & Wellbeing – Empowering Citizens’. This webinar shared stories of projects which have a focus on prevention and on empowering people and communities to be more engaged in their own health and wellbeing. The innovation and best practice that these projects represent will be of great value to the work underway in every county to implement Healthy Ireland as a key part of the Sláintecare vision.
Through this webinar, we profiled projects which are funded through the Sláintecare Integration Fund:
- SmokeFree Start:
This project is a joint initiative between Tobacco Free Ireland Programme and the National Women and Infant Health Programme, which will develop capacity and capability in a maternity setting to better diagnose and treat smoking during pregnancy.
Martina Blake, National Lead Tobacco Free Ireland Programme
- Supporting Pregnant Women to Quit and Stay Quit:
Run by Southeast Community Healthcare, this project is helping everyone involved in the journey of the pregnant woman to stop smoking. This project has established an integrated smoking cessation service for pregnant women and their families.
-Kate Cassidy, Senior Health Promotion Officer, South East Community Healthcare
- Living Well:
The Living Well Programme is a series of online workshops designed to offer support to people living with Long Term Health Conditions (LTHCs). It is designed for adults, aged 18 years and over, who are living with one or more long-term health conditions (e.g. asthma, COPD, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, depression, Crohn’s disease, etc.), or for carers of someone with a long-term health condition.
-Maeve McKeon, Self-Management Support Co-ordinator, CHO Area 1
- Patient Self-Management of Chronic Disease project:
The ICGP propose to develop and deliver an evidence-based education package to GPs and practice nurses on “Patient self-management of chronic disease”. GPs are best placed to empower patients in self-management of their chronic conditions. Evidence shows that training GPs to help patients change their lifestyle makes a difference. The direct impact of this proposal will be on patient empowerment and ability to self-manage their condition.
-Nick Fenlon, ICGP
- HealthEIR: A Journey to Improving Health and Wellbeing Through Community-Based Social Self-Care:
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, in collaboration with the National College of Art and Design, University College Dublin, and the TU Dublin School of Creative Arts are delivering this project. HealthEir aims to optimise the delivery of brief interventions in primary care by integrating innovative technology with a human-centred care delivery model. A priority action of the Healthy Ireland implementation plan is to implement a brief-intervention based health behaviour change framework via the Making Every Contact Count initiative (MECC). This initiative aims to leverage the 30 million annual contacts with the healthcare system by asking every health worker to include preventative lifestyle interventions in interactions with patients.
-Dr Michelle Flood, Senior Lecturer, RCSI
- LGBT Champions Programme:
The programme is designed to increase the visibility and awareness of LGBT+ issues at all levels within the healthcare systems, so that older people encountering services know that they can be open and comfortable being who they are, improving the relationships with care providers, improving experience of care settings, and enabling more positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
-James O’Hagan, LGBT Champions Programme Manager
This webinar was the fifth in a series of webinars and is being hosted by Sláintecare in partnership with HSE and IFIC Ireland.
Sláintecare hosted our fourth Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘eHealth’ on 10th September 2020.
The theme of our fourth webinar was ‘eHealth ’ and how eHealth initiatives are supporting the delivery of Sláintecare leading to improved care pathways and better health outcomes.
This webinar shared stories of how, through the use of eHealth and digital supports we are working to provide right care, right place, right time by the right team. We heard from projects which are funded through the Sláintecare Integration Fund as well as a HSE funded project.
Presentations from three projects:
Ben Cloney, Head of Digital for the HSE, and his team presented two projects which are being supported through the Sláintecare Integration fund and which will deliver:
- new digital supports to patients, families and carers to help them live well with a chronic condition;
- online guides to common health conditions, medicines and hospital treatments;
Julie Bellew, IT Deputy Delivery Director for Primary Care, HSE presented her project titled ‘Attend Anywhere’ which is a platform to allow clinicians to undertake secure video consultations, both one-on-one and via virtual clinics. This platform helps bring care directly into peoples’ homes, minimises physical contact between providers and patients and reduces the burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on the acute care service.
Professor May Cleary, Orthopaedic Department Lead, University Hospital Waterford was interviewed by Dr Gráinne Healy. Professor Cleary’s project works to provide rapid GP access to an orthopaedic specialist through mobile telemedicine. This project will help GPs deliver non-urgent care in the community, which is convenient for patients and helps them avoid the acute hospital setting. Ultimately, the efficiencies gained will lead to a reduction in the waiting list for Orthopaedic Elective Outpatients.
This webinar was the fourth in a series of webinars and is being hosted by Sláintecare in partnership with HSE and IFIC Ireland.
Sláintecare hosted our third Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘Chronic Disease Management’ on 30th July 2020.
This webinar focussed on projects which are improving experiences for people living with chronic disease. These projects are bringing huge benefits to patients and are ensuring that patient experiences are more positive, thanks to being able to access care locally and reducing the need for GP or hospital visits while also enhancing the mental and physical health of so many patients, all key objectives of Sláintecare
Three projects providing services for people living with chronic disease shared their learnings from Covid-19 - how their work practices might have changed during Covid-19; what has enabled them to change work practice; are these changes sustainable; and how projects can be supported to maximise the learning and inform the future way to deliver the right care in the right place, at the right time, by the right team.
Heart Failure Virtual Consultation Service with Clinical Nurse Specialist Support in the Community- Prof Professor Ken McDonald who is the founder and Medical Director of the Heart Failure Unit at St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin spoke about Ireland East Hospital Group project. This project is an innovative approach to heart failure treatment which facilitates real-time, online specialist support to GPs and provides prompt access to diagnostics – in a community setting.
Response of the Integrated Foot Protection Service to COVID 19- Dr. Ronan Canavan, Consultant Endocrinologist St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Anita Murray Senior Podiatrist St. Columcilles/St. Vincent’s University Hospital and Carmel Devine Podiatry Manager CHO3 told us how they are working collaboratively and have adapted to the Covid-19 crisis to respond to the needs of patients in the Integrated Foot Protection Services in CHO 3 & 6.
Keeping people with severe epilepsy independent - St James’ Hospital is the largest teaching hospital in Ireland and its ED has over 50,000 attendances a year – epilepsy is the most common neurological disease amongst young people and a common reason for admission through ED. Dr Colin Doherty Consultant Neurologist told us how they are developing new pathways using remote and virtual care and reducing visits to ED.
This webinar was the third in a series of webinars and is being hosted by Sláintecare in partnership with HSE and IFIC Ireland.
Sláintecare hosted our second Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘New Ways of Working’ on 16 July 2020.
This webinar shared stories of how services are working differently to provide right care, right place, right time by the right team. Three projects shared their learnings from COVID-19 - how their work practices might have changed during COVID-19 and what has enabled them to change work practice to deliver the right care in the right place at the right time by the right team.
Social Prescribing Projects - The Sláintecare Integration Fund is supporting seven Social Prescribing projects all over Ireland. Social Prescribing addresses many of the goals of Sláintecare. It creates opportunities for people to get involved in caring for their own health and wellbeing, it deepens links between community and medical care, and it reduces the need for people to seek medical appointments with either their GP or to attend hospital for care for their chronic conditions.
CHO Cork Kerry Urgent Ambulatory Care and Virtual Ward for the Older Person - This project is working to enable a service model that is an alternative to an ED attendance and hospital admission. Patients over 75 years of age will have their needs managed in a community setting, be assessed, diagnosed, and treated at home, and will remain at home with the support of a multidisciplinary team.
CKCH Social Inclusion Covid Response - This project demonstrates the flexibility shown by the Social Inclusion team and how they restructured their entire team to respond to COVID-19 and their interagency engagement with LAs, Gardai, ETB and so on, as well as support from partners in the Community and Voluntary sector.
This webinar was the second in a series of webinars and is being hosted by Sláintecare in partnership with HSE and IFIC Ireland.
Sláintecare hosted our first ever Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘Best practice and processes for the care of older people’ on 25 June 2020.
This webinar shared stories of how Sláintecare integration funded projects have contributed to the delivery of care to help older vulnerable people stay well in their homes/communities. Through this webinar, we profiled three projects funded through the Sláintecare Integration Fund that demonstrate how older people are supported to remain well in their own homes with the appropriate supports around them.
This webinar was the first in a series of webinars and is being hosted by Sláintecare in partnership with HSE and IFIC Ireland.
