Now Launching Asthma and Viral Wheeze

Welcome from NHS Thames Valley SCN Team NHS Thames Valley Strategic Clinical Network have funded the Asthma decks on Puffell. They are there for all our CCG’s, specialist nurses and partners to use, to support patients not just with their asthma but with their wider health and wellbeing. This presentation will give you a little insight into Puffell and how you and your patients can benefit from it.

A place allowing people to take greater responsibility for their own health and wellbeing

Enables people to access support online and offline

What is Puffell? Steeped in insight and co- created, it is deals with people’s health as a whole and not in silo. It is a shared resource, based on a build and share model.

Tool to be used with services, but also by communities and individuals

It is a shared resource, based on a build and share model.

It’s about… Understanding and supporting people in a new way. All your needs in ONE PLACE

Source: Boston Foundation Behaviours Attitudes Beliefs Values /Ethos WHAT DRIVES OUR BEHAVIOURS Driven by a deep understanding of behaviour

Aligned to National Outcomes

Online use is changing

Modern styling optimized for desktop, tablet and mobile

Smartphone app in development

User Interface main Puffell– enables users to add content areas in relation to their health needs

Personalise your background and decks

Decks offer self assessment, behaviour change content and advice

And tools to track and set goals

Including Long Term Conditions

Using Puffell to support Asthma and Viral Wheeze Sponsored by

Introducing Asthma Decks One for parents to use with children under 14 One for users 14+

Why would a patient use Puffell? Supports people with Asthma to understand and better manage their condition Offers tools and trackers to enable users to track their symptoms and to understand what might be impacting their condition Provides a history that can be shared with their health professional Offer features for peer to peer support Supports wider life - beyond just Asthma Helps to support the diagnosis of asthma as opposed to Viral Wheeze

Why Engage with Puffell? Puffell supports your self care agenda It is designed to improve the ability of patients to self manage and self care When used well Puffell can reduce demand and therefore potentially offer savings It supports patients outside the traditional setting, using tools that are part of every day life PHE are supporting some LAs to develop additional decks on Puffell that your patients will also be able to use It deals with people as the whole person they are - they are so much more than their condition.

How to introduce Puffell and the Asthma Deck? The majority of your patients will be online and active users of the internet – Puffell capitalises on this Puffell is a great tool to introduce as part of reviews and on initial diagnosis, these are the times when they will be focused on their condition Explain to your patient that Asthma can be controlled well with good care and management – Puffell is there to help and support them Encourage them to log on and to start tracking their symptoms and encourage them to share their tracking with you at reviews or when they come back in

Make use of our resources We have provided some online resources that you can download from - these include posters, Puffell Manifestos and lots morewww.xxxxxx We also have starter toolkits with posters, cards for patients etc that you can request by ing

How Can Your Practice Get Involved? You can set an Asthma group up in Puffell that your patients can be invited to – just click on the My Groups tab on the left hand menu and click Create a group You can invite all your patients to join your group by simply adding the address. You can use the group to post updates, tips and hints etc You can encourage your patients to support each other as well by also posting in the group The User Experience on Puffell

It starts with the self assessment This is either completed by the parent of a child with Asthma or as the user. It is an Asthma Specific assessment that supports them to generate their asthma Plan

Symptom Tracking, Air Pollution and Humidity Users can track their general health and their condition, tracking symptoms, treatments, iIlnesses, etc Using the graphical feedback they can also see the impact of pollution and humidity on their Asthma

Offers information and support to patients outside the clinic

Promotes better understanding and encourages preventative action by the patient

Support for when it’s not going well

Supports Reminders

How Can Your Practice Get Involved? You can set an Asthma group up in Puffell that your patients can be invited to – just click on the My Groups tab on the left hand menu and click Create a group You can invite all your patients to join your group by simply adding the address. You can use the group to post updates, tips and hints etc You can encourage your patients to support each other as well by also posting in the group The Bigger Picture

There’s so much available or coming soon? Partnership Approach for Puffell Health and Wellbeing Adults Service delivery Northamptonshire Health Checks Hampshire Workplace Wellness Meseyside Fire Long Term Conditions Diabetes Slough COPD Cheshire West Asthma Berkshire Young People Camhs Slough Asthma and Viral Wheeze Berkshire Additionally funded areas Carers Puffell Pre/Post Natal Care - Slough Existing Content Areas LifestylesSmokingAlcoholHealthy WeightActivity When you engage with Puffell this is just a few of the things that your patients can take advantage of.

Setting up your own Practice Based Asthma Group? Puffell offers the ability for CCGs and practices to set up their own groups. Your asthma lead could set up a group and invite patients to join it. They could use the groups to seed discussions, remind patients of things like flu jabs etc. Groups encourage patients to engage not only with the practice but with each other. They offer a great platform for peer to peer support. You can set up a group by simply clicking on the groups function on the left hand menu and the clicking on create a group. You can set different groups up in your practice and are not limited to just Asthma

For more help or information contact: Puffell Team on NHS Thames Valley on Your Local Champion on