Post on 22-Dec-2015
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KTPs with PCTs: Known Terrifying Pandemonium or
Powerful Collaborative Teams
Ruth Slater and Ailsa Brotherton
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What is KTP
• Established in 1974
• Government supported scheme
• Knowledge and technology transfer
• Stable companies of all sizes from all industrial sectors:
– Charities and not-for-profit organisations
– Education institutions (LEAs and schools)
– Health organisations (hospitals and NHS Trusts)
• Three-way partnership
– Organisation/Academic/Graduate
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The Process
Prepare outline for submission to
KTP Adviser
Prepare application with guidance from KTP Adviser
Application assessed by Partnership
Approval Group (PAG)
Proposal funded – continued input from
KTP Adviser2 weeks
4-6 weeks 6-8 weeks 4 weeks
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The Golden Thread
What do you want to do and why?
Objectives
How are you going to do it?
Outputs
What does it deliver?
Outcomes
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Top 10 Reasons for ‘Not Supported’
1 Company Accounts
2 Workplan
3 Is it really KTP?
4 Too many amends/re-write/form abuse
5 Business Case
6 Academic Challenge
7 Length of Project
8 Associate (supervision/location)
9 Differentiation from previous KTP
10 Is it the right academic
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The PCT need to be able to be able to answer the following:
• What is the level of uptake of each service?• Will it deliver a diverse range of clinically effective interventions?• Is each individual service effective?• Will the communication strategy and the social marketing
campaign be effective?• What are the training needs of the staff?• Will the CWMP be successful in demonstrating improved life
expectancy and well-being?• What are the service user and staff experiences of the service
delivery?• What will be the impact of the CWMP on cost savings and how
will this influence future commissioning?
Community Weight Management Pathway: a complex and untested system
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NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan KTP: work plan summary
Evaluation of a community weight management pathway: ‘Lose
Weight Feel Great’• Undertake stakeholder mapping and stakeholder engagement
events • Develop an evaluation framework • Assess the success of individual components of the CWMP and
how they interrelate. • Undertake training needs analysis of staff and facilitate the
delivery of training • Evaluate the cost effectiveness of the components of the
CWMP• Disseminating findings / share good practice
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Known Terrifying Pandemonium
Known Terrifying Pandemonium
PCT world The KTP ‘world’ Bringing the 2 worlds together
Obesity policy and key drivers Having to wrote the proposal in a business language (translating profit and cost savings into health benefits)
Developing a shared understanding: learning the language and jargon
Current service provision Structured process
Challenges The complexity of the wider determinants of obesity and its management and incorporating these into the research project
Colleagues in the PCT
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Powerful Collaborative Teams
Powerful Collaborative Teams
Quality: review process Service user engagement The core team:
Associate, PCT supervisor, academic supervisor
Study size Stakeholder engagement KTP Partnership: wider team
Structured process Collaborative working: PCT and UCLAN
Potential Other KTP Teams: Alchemy Training
Our KTP Manager
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Contact Details:
Ruth Slater
KTP Manager
T: 01772 895074
E: rhslater1@uclan.ac.uk
Ailsa Brotherton
Senior research fellow
T: 01772 895114
E: ambrotherton@uclan.ac.uk