gateshead healthy communities collaborative 6 healthy years together
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Gateshead Healthy Communities Collaborative 6 Healthy years together. What is it?. 8 teams in Gateshead Membership is important H ealth - GP practice staff, health visitors, community nutritional assistants cancer screening staff, |Community matrons - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Gateshead Healthy Communities Collaborative6 Healthy years together
What is it?
8 teams in GatesheadMembership is important
Health - GP practice staff, health visitors,
community nutritional assistantscancer screening staff, |Community matrons
Local authority – neighbourhood management, housing wardens, community centre workers, Librarians
voluntary sector eg Age Concern, Alzheimer's society
Local residents “not the usual suspects”
History
Started as a pilot project funded by DH Managed by the NPDT (now Improvement Foundation)
2002 Falls prevention older people
2004 Improving access to a healthy and affordable diet
2007 Promoting the earlier detection of breast, bowel and lung cancers
5 teams expanded to 8 in 2005
Now locally financed £30,000 2008/9
Collaborative Methodology
• Reference panel • Orientation to recruit teams and importance
to local health• Learning workshops and action periods
• Identify local issues – use Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) methodology to bring about improvements
• Share learning
What’s easy
• Great mix of people – different work
• Keeping team members • Understanding need and
identifying local issues• Inter-agency working at a
community level.• Everyone know someone who
can help• Sustainability – written PDSAs
provide evidence ►further funding & learning culture
• People living in a area have long memories
Challenges
Who are lay people?Getting health professionals
involvedLanguage BureaucracyOrganisational management
– priorities and pressuresManaging expectations – of
team members
- fundersEvaluation – evidence for
what works
What it needs to make it work• OK to fail- small scale testing• Ideas from the team • Established and agreed way of
working • Coming together to share learning• Gives people confidence- work
recognised by others• Good steering group - people who can
make things happen• Lay understanding and explanations• Able to get to people not accessing
services• Involve people from the beginning not
just consultation• Recognition
How can the government support this work
• More HCCs effective format
• Lay involvement (not consultation) a “must do”
• Ensure funding for community groups
• Inclusion in training of health professionals
• Show and tell to give people ideas.
Examples I
• Superman play • Vegetable of the month• Fruit in Childrens’
Centres• Lunch clubs older people
& parents/toddlers linked to food co-op deliveries
• Drama groups – healthy eating and safe drinking
• Local events
Examples II
• Environmental issues• Building links across
communities consultation
• Its not just the message its how its delivered