Some of the country’s leading figures in health and social care are working with people on the Island to reshape the way these services are delivered on the Island.
A number of factors including the Island’s increasingly elderly population, the increasing rise in residents with long-term conditions, difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff and the need to work within budgets, has lead local health and social care services to undertake a review of the way these are provided in the future.
Part of this process involves forming working groups to review how services are currently provided – and how they might be provided in future – in several key areas: frailty, mental health, long-term conditions, women and children, urgent and emergency care and planned care.
To assist this work, the My Life a Full Life programme, which is conducting the review, has been successful in bringing in national experts. It means that each working group will be supported by a national clinical or social care expert, to help develop a positive vision of what can be achieved in each area.
Their input will also help provide information in readiness for a number of public events being organised to give everyone with an interest in health and social care services their say.
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James Seward, who is leading the Island’s healthcare redesign project said:
“The public, staff and volunteer sector as well as and those who use the services will most definitely have an opportunity to make their views knows during the process. But we hope that the expertise that these national figures will bring will help us all develop an informed view of how we can provide high-quality and sustainable services in the future.
Article continues below this advertisement “It is crucial that such an important project benefits from the very best advice and experiences from those who have distinguished themselves in their chosen area of heath and social care. Their input will be invaluable to our work here on the Island.”
Among the national experts assisting the programme are:
• Prof. Matthew Cooke (urgent care). Named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top 100 influential NHS clinicians. He leads strategy and transformation of clinical pathways, provides advice on strategy and transforming services at a government level and speaks internationally on reforming emergency services.
• Dr Susan La Brooy (frailty). Medical Director of ‘Shaping a healthier future’ in North West London, Dr La Brooy is an influential consultant in acute medicine and care of the elderly, having undertaken a range of leadership and change roles including modernising older people’s services in the health community.
• Gerald Pilkington (frailty). A UK leading expert in re-ablement, he and has worked with over 150 local authorities. He has experience in joining up services between organisations, avoiding admissions and enabling post-discharge support. Gerald was the national lead for home re-ablement within the Care Services Efficiency Programme at the Department of Health.
• Jayne Chidgey-Clark (frailty). A palliative care specialist who has held posts including Director of End of Life Care for Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London and senior leadership positions at Marie Cure Cancer Centre.
• Dr. Geraldine Strathdee (mental health). Recently national Clinical Director for mental health at NHS England. She is a consultant psychiatrist, working on mental health policy at national and international levels. She is passionate about service redesign and is a leading expert in translating policy and best practice evidence into clinical practice.
• Mr. Gavin Marsh (planned care). A senior orthopaedic surgeon and a leading medical adviser to the CQC independent reviews, Mr Marsh provides clinical leadership for a range of national transformational and quality improvement programmes. His experience as an influential clinical leader spans back over two decades and he chairs international spinal conferences.
• Clare Evans (planned care). Clare has pioneered the Nurse Practitioner role and has worked nationally on safety and quality improvement projects.
• Dr. Dagni Rajasingam (women and children). A consultant obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’. An elected member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, she is involved in strategic development and has extensive experience in working across boundaries and systems.
• Dr. Mary Ryan (women and children). Consultant in paediatric and emergency medicine and Clinical Director at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Mary provides strategy development and transformational advice to a range of national health bodies.
• Patricia McFadden (long-term conditions). A leading health and care professional with significant experience in transforming services in the UK and New Zealand with a focus on quality and efficiency.
• Dr Shera Chok (long-term conditions). A GP from Tower Hamlets with extensive experience of clinical leadership and care redesign.
