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Advancing Healthcare Awards NI 2014
Recognising the achievements of AHPs in Northern Ireland
www.advancinghealthcareawardsni.co.uk@AHP_Awards_NI
The results... Big thank you...
Sara Jane Reynolds and Terry McCabeNorthern Health and Social Care Trust
Including the excluded – a creative journey
Fiona Patterson and Wendy TaggartSouthern Health and Social Care TrustTelerehabilitation – the use of video conferencing for provision of speech and language therapy post stroke
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WINNER
FINalISTS
FINalISTS
Iain Gordon and Gail Thompson South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
a picture can speak a thousand [email protected]
angela Crocker and John Toal Belfast Health and Social Care TrustHelp stop [email protected]
Janet Eagle and Jeannette Robinson Southern Health and Social Care Trusta holistic approach to a radiographer-led hysterosalpingogram (HSG) [email protected]
deidre Kearns Belfast Health and Social Care TrustNorthern Ireland abdominal aortic aneurysm (NI aaa) screening programme – planning, implementation and on-going delivery of a successful screening [email protected]
CaTEGoRy 1aWaRd FoR aCHIEvEMENT IN PRoMoTING PERSoN-CENTREd PRaCTICE
CaTEGoRy 2SEaTING MaTTERS aWaRd FoR INNovaTIoN aNd CREaTIvITy – ENablING aHPs To dElIvER SaFE aNd EFFECTIvE PRaCTICE aNd CaRE
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Mentally disordered offenders are often stigmatised, socially excluded and report poor experience of service provision. They often state that they cannot access generic mental health service provision due to the risks they are perceived to pose to others or lack of suitable activities being offered. This OT-led project developed a programme of creative activities aimed at engaging these patients in a collaborative way to promote recovery and skills development. This has included a f ilm-making project, a shared reading project, a digital art group and creative writing classes. Since the classes, participants report more positive self-regard, lower anxiety and depression levels, improved engagement socially and a reduction in social isolation. The judges felt this was an exceptionally strong, person-centred project.
Post-stroke therapy for those patients who are immobile at home can be diff icult due to the intensity and frequency of visits from community stroke therapists, whilst patients are battling fatigue. With standard ‘face to face’ contacts, patients usually receive fewer, longer therapy sessions at home due to time and travel limitations. This project aimed to increase the intensity of speech & language therapy provision, reduce travel time/costs and improve outcomes. Using video conferencing equipment, patients now benef it from shorter, more frequent therapy sessions which can improve their tolerance of the sessions, and increases the amount of sessions received. This service is currently unique in Northern Ireland. The judges praised the transformational nature of the project.
We are very grateful for the support of the following sponsors and organisations:
DEParTMENT Of HEalTH, SOCIal SErvICES aND PUBlIC SafETy NOrTHErN IrElaND
www.dhsspsni.gov.uk
PUBlIC HEalTH agENCywww.publichealth.hscni.net
HEalTH aND SOCIal CarE BOarDwww.hscboard.hscni.net
SEaTINg MaTTErSwww.seatingmatters.com
UNIvErSITy Of UlSTEr SCHOOl Of HEalTH SCIENCEShttp://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/health/
UNITE THE UNIONwww.unitetheunion.org
allIED HEalTH PrOfESSIONS fEDEraTION NOrTHErN IrElaND
www.ahpf.org.uk
JaMES lECkEy DESIgNwww.leckey.com
SOCIETy aND COllEgE Of raDIOgraPHErSwww.sor.org
CHarTErED SOCIETy Of PHySIOTHEraPywww.csp.org.uk
THE COllEgE Of OCCUPaTIONal THEraPISTSwww.cot.co.uk
THE rOyal COllEgE Of SPEECH aND laNgUagE THEraPISTS
www.rcslt.org
THE SOCIETy Of CHIrOPODISTS aND PODIaTrISTSwww.feetforlife.org
THE BrITISH & IrISH OrTHOPTIC SOCIETywww.orthoptics.org.uk
HSC ClINICal EDUCaTION CENTrEwww.cec.hscni.net
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Spreading the word...
This booklet summarises the shortlisted entries to the f irst-ever awards programme for aHPs in Northern Ireland. our own advancing Healthcare awards has been over 18 months in the planning and at times we thought it might never happen but the work described here shows the wealth of talent that we have in our midst.
Some doubted that there were enough of you prepared to come forward and tell us about your work. But by the closing date we had over 100 entries, with an impressive spread across all the professions under the aHP umbrella. The shortlisting judges had their work cut out to select those to go forward to the judging panels; and on the judging day we were impressed by the high standard, the creativity and the enthusiasm.
None of this would have been possible without the support of our sponsors who were courageous enough to back this new venture. We are most grateful to them for making both the awards programme, the celebration dinner and the professional conference possible.
So far so good, but its not the end of the story. We have started to raise the prof ile of aHPs and provide a greater understanding of how this group of professionals contribute to high quality patient care. We must build on this and the examples set out here are an important resource to use to promote innovation and best practice.
anita doherty and Karen FayPublic Health agency and Health and Social Care Board
Medicines management dietitian initiative
ashleigh Nelson and Rachel WrightSouthern Health and Social Care Trust
Improving the care of enterally tube fed adults in the community
WINNER
WINNER
FINalISTS
FINalISTS
Sonyia McFadden University of Ulster
dose optimisation in paediatric interventional [email protected]
Naomi brown and Eunan McCrudden Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Giving the silent epidemic a [email protected]
vicki Quinn and Seamus doherty Western Health and Social Care Trust
Musculoskeletal [email protected]
Jean byrne and Pauline McMullan HSC Clinical Education Centre
delivery of postgraduate training for aHPs through the aHP unit, HSC Clinical Education [email protected]
CaTEGoRy 3lECKEy aWaRd FoR MaxIMISING RESouRCES uSING EvIdENCE-baSEd PRaCTICE – MaxIMISING RESouRCES FoR SuCCESS
CaTEGoRy 4aWaRd FoR aCHIEvEMENT IN SuPPoRTING aNd dEvEloPING THE aHP WoRKFoRCE
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The use of dietetic skills to review patients who are prescribed oral nutrition supplements (ONS) improves patient quality and safety by the improved management of malnutrition and more appropriate prescribing. a Medicines Management Dietietic team was set up to do this and 1,250 patients have been offered an appointment to date. Patient experience survey responses indicate 97% of patients are ‘satisf ied’ with their understanding of their weight and BMI goals, dietary goals and the written information they were provided with and 92% reported comparable or improved wellbeing following the appointment with the dietitian. The team has identif ied that 58% of prescriptions for ONS have been stopped with amendments made to a further 20%. The judges liked the excellent benef its to patients and good teamwork.
Within SHSCT approximately 110 adult patients receive home enteral tube feeding at any one time. Of these, 55 have a gastrostomy feeding tube in place. Prior to this project the majority of patients did not have their feeding tubes replaced in a planned way and if they had tube-related problems they had to attend an Emergency Department. a Home Enteral Tube feeding Coordinator post was established to improve the service; this is a unique post within the Trust and the f irst of its kind in Northern Ireland. It is a job share arrangement undertaken by two Band 7 dietitians. This has contributed to an overall improvement in the quality of care patients/carers receive and patients/carers feel more empowered to manage their own condition. This is an excellent and innovative project, the judges said.
Since starting her career 4 years ago; katie has been recognised as an enthusiastic and highly competent practitioner. as a Band 6 OT in Muckamore abbey Hospital, katie has been pivotal in developing the service.
Donna moved to the Mater Hospital in 2012. She helped to develop a comprehensive information pack for service users and carers and set up an innovative girls’ group to enhance wellbeing for female service users.
Sheryl began her career with the Western Trust in april 2011. Since then she has thrown herself headlong into her role, taking every opportunity that has come her way and creating a few that no-one else even knew existed!
oTHER NoMINEESGeraldine daly, occupational therapistBelfast Health and Social Care TrustNominated by Julie Bray, occupational therapy clinical lead
Emma Harkin, specialist oTBelfast Health and Social Care TrustNominated by Maria Hilditch, lead OT
Natalie Irwin, reablement occupational therapistBelfast Health and Social Care TrustNominated by Joanne Black, reablement clinical lead occupational therapist
Fiona KeoghWestern Health and Social Care Trust
orthoptic assistantsNominated by Lisa Wallace, lead or thoptist
WINNER FINalISTS
Prescribing support assistants Health and Social Care Board
Nominated by Joanne Casey, lead medicines management dietitian
Screening technicians Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Nominated by Deirde Kearns, lead screening sonographer
CaTEGoRy 5aWaRd FoR ouTSTaNdING aCHIEvEMENT by a SuPPoRT WoRKER
Katie Carson, band 6 oTBelfast Health and Social Care TrustNominated by Shelley Crawford, clinical lead OT
donna McElduff, specialist oTBelfast Health and Social Care TrustNominated by Pat Browne, lead OT
Sheryl Jenkins, SlTWestern Health and Social Care TrustNominated by Philomena Cleary, SLT clinical co-ordinator
SPECIal RECoGNITIoN
CaTEGoRy 6RISING STaR aWaRd
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The Orthoptic Special School visual assessment Service has been in place since 2002. However, there was only one orthoptist to carry out the detailed assessment and screening that was required in the seven special schools in WHSCT. as a result, orthoptic assistants were introduced on each site to support the orthoptist. Consent generation and ensuring that the appropriate carer of the child has consented are only a few of the issues that the assistants deal with. This allows the orthoptist to achieve eff icient assessment times and ensures a good rapport with the schools. This programme could have stagnated but now it is becoming more effective and resourceful. The judges were impressed with the invaluable contribution fiona has made to the service.
Hazel WinningaHP lead Off icer, DHSSPS
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