Presented byJoan Leelodharry 20th May 2009

Health Action Plans and Health Screening in South Warwickshire

What we didHealth screening was completed by the community nursing team in South Warwickshire in 2001-2004

A second round of screening took place in 2004-2007

There are 17 GP Practices in the Warwick area and 19 in the Stratford area.

How we helped the doctors

GP practices were enabled

to set up a register

Community nurses started to offer health action plans

During 2004-2007 277 health action plans were

completed

Other Projects in 2004

We held information days to telleveryone about health action

plans

We ran a healthy lifestyles group

The role of the acute liaison nurse was developed at Warwick hospital in 2004

Jeni Graham is the acute liaison nurse she is based at Warwick hospital.

She helps patients who have a learning disability to get the best care when they are admitted to Warwick hospital

Presented byLynne Bonnar20th May 2009

Health Action Plans and Health Screening in North Warwickshire and Rugby

What we didIn North Warwickshire from 2001-2005 health screening

was offered to all GP practices and carried out by the community nursing team

In Rugby the community nursing team offered health screening to all GP practices

from 2005-2007There are 28 GP Practices in the North Warwickshire area this includes Rural North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth.There are 12 GP Practices in the Rugby area.

How we helped the doctors

GP practices were enabled to set up a register

Community nurses started to offer health action plans

During 2004-2007 277 health action plans were

completed

The role of the acute liaison nurse was developed at George Eliot Hospital in 2004.

There was no liaison nurse for nearly two years but we have had someone in post since March 2009

Sally Evans is the acute liaison nurse she is based at the George Eliot hospital with the hospital discharge team.

She helps patients who have a learning disability to get the best care when they are admitted to the George Eliot hospital or attending other hospital departments.

Health facilitator and the acute liaison nurse to work more closely together

To re-start the HealthyLifestyles programme

To run Well women and Well men groups

TrainingTo help service users to become

trainers

Promote the use of patient passports

Direct Enhanced Service – DES 2009

GP’s will get paid for inviting people with learning disabilities to have a health check

You will be invited to have a health check every year

Direct Enhanced Service – DES

We have completed four training sessions in Warwickshire with GP’s, Practice Managers and other Primary Care Staff.

Direct Enhanced Service – DES What the training

covered• What is a learning disability?• How to identify people with a Learning Disability• Understanding the health needs of a

person who has a Learning Disability• What a health check should cover• Health action plans• Overcoming barriers faced by people

with Learning Disabilities• Mental capacity and Discrimination

Act.

Direct Enhanced Service – DES

Feed back from the sessions has been positive

Direct Enhanced Service Training has been

completed and GP’s are now offering health checks

TransitionNumber of children leaving school in Stratford

4 in 2009 6 in 201014 in 201113 in 201211 in 2013

Transition

Number of children leaving school in North Warwickshire area

10 in 2009 10 in 2010 14 in 2011 9 in 2012

• To make sure that all Health Action plans include mental health and behavioural issues if they are appropriate to the person.

• To make sure that there is a system so that all health action plans are the best they can be.

• To talk with Children’s services to make sure that all school leavers have a Health Action Plan completed before they leave school.

Best Practice