1. Health Improvement Programmes Professor Oliver James Medical Director, AHSN NENC

2. Health Improvement Update Call for projects launched in January 2014 35 Health Improvement projects were funded from April 2014 Current project status: –29 are complete or on track to complete –0 have been abandoned –18 are being incorporated into new Health Improvement Programmes

3. Health Improvement Update We have 4 BIG events in September to show the brilliant outcomes of some of these projects which fell in to the following groups: –Telehealth –Respiratory / COPD –Bones, back pain & fractures –Care homes / frail elderly We hope to encourage the roll out of these projects across the region

4. The Health Improvement Programmes Starting January to June 2015 Plan to run for 2+ years Each Programme to have deliverables: –By September 2015 –After 2 years Each Programme has a Lead (all are part-time) Several Programmes are now in partnership with the Strategic Clinical Networks (SCN) and North of England Commissioning Support (NECS)

5. The Health Improvement Programmes Clinical: –Respiratory – Lead: Sue Hart –Falls & Fractures – Lead: Jill Mitchell –Mental Health – Lead: Elaine Readhead –Frail Elderly – Lead: Joanna Collerton –Atrial Fibrillation – Lead: Kate Mackay Cross cutting: –Medicines Optimisation – Lead: Julie Fletcher –Telehealth – Lead: Paul Marriott –Patient Safety Collaborative – Lead: Tony Roberts –Measurement & CfBCP – Lead: Jackie Gray

6. Possible Future Development NE & NC region as an NHS England Technology Test Bed?

7. So where could we be in 2 years? 1)Renal Medicine: Acute Kidney Injury Alert (PSC Programme) rolled out – measureable reduction in mortality and morbidity Chronic Renal Failure patients taking charge of their blood tests and management (telehealth solution) Hospital and GP clinical records mutually accessible Ambulance service and community pharmacy (and if appropriate social services) all have instant access to relevant and approved part of clinical record, medications etc.

8. 2)Nursing Homes: Clinical records, including up to date medication, nutritional status, management of e.g. dementia, AF, bone status – all instantly available to GP, hospital, ambulance service, nursing home manager Wishes of resident, for example, in respect of resuscitation, place of death, on common record instantly available to GP, hospital, ambulance service Hospital discharge to nursing home. Patient information instantly available to nursing home, GP, community pharmacy, community nursing team, social services So where could we be in 2 years?

9. More information available on our website at: http://www.ahsn-nenc.org.uk/health-improvement/ Please take a look at the Programme Posters displayed today for more information http://www.ahsn-nenc.org.uk/health-improvement/