'MECC – the NHS and beyond: Health Chats in Worcestershire 2014'

MECC West Midlands Workshop - 11.06.14

Jan Nelson Healthy Communities Manager

Juliet Sparkes Health Improvement Practitioner

Worcestershire Context - 2013

• Persisting health inequalities

• 6 Districts all with varying pockets of deprivation

• Concern re- future community wellbeing

• MECC no longer a local CQUIN

• Increasingly commissioned front-line services

• Need for consistent messages across sectors

We aimed to:

• Support understanding and delivery of MECC across sectors

• Engage front-line services delivered by e.g. Housing Associations, Hostels, Pharmacies and VCS

• Promote well-being using clear positive messages • Raise awareness of factors which affect behaviour

change, self-help opportunities and service provision

What we did 1.

• Built on previous local good work with MECC / and non-clinical ‘Health Chats’ equivalent

• Engaged with Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust, University of Worcester, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, PHE, NHS England, CCG’s

• Established a county-wide MECC partnership to support delivery across sectors and an LA Steering Group to progress Health Chats

• Updated Health Chats package with current local data

What we did 2.

• Identified and shared with partners the core information to be included in all MECC and Health Chats sessions in Worcestershire

• Established a process to promote, coordinate, monitor and deliver Health Chats sessions

• WCC Healthy Communities team delivered Health Chats sessions across the county

• Developed and piloted a Train the Trainer (TtT) model

• At registration, delegates may consent to be contacted for research / feedback, to receive Health Chats updates and local health improvement campaign information

Achievements to Date

• In the past 12 months 885 front-line service personnel have participated in a health chats training session

• In addition, 13 people attended one of two pilot TtT sessions: 3 have gone on to deliver health chats sessions to 28 staff within their organisations so far (913 in total)

• 97% of attendees ‘agree/strongly’ agree they understand both the factors that influence & the importance of promoting a healthy lifestyle

• 93% of attendees felt confident/very confident to have a ‘health chat’

• Over 500 attendees now receive regular campaign info

2014 – embedding MECC into practice: Work in Progress

• Health Chats added to the 'prospectus' of training offered to WCC commissioned adult services

• Health Chats ‘Train the Trainer’ is a requirement at Level 2 of our Workplace Health and Well-being scheme (WWW)

• Public facing MECC / Health Chats web-page - info re MECC and Health Chats plus links to public health web-pages -and local service information

• Pocket Directory of local services to reduce digital exclusion

• Linking University and NHS Trust intranets to Public Health web-pages

To be continued.....

• Clarify way forward locally, regionally and nationally

• Alignment with DH / PHE

• In 2014 - roll-out of health chats sessions, with emphasis on embedding into existing processes e.g. ‘Train the Trainer’

• Delivery to University of Worcester nursing / care students

• Quality assurance of TtT to maximise impact

• Continue and respond to local evaluation / feedback

Thank you!

JNelson@worcestershire.gov.uk

JSparkes2@worcestershire.gov.uk

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