Health and care organisations in Kirklees have been working together in partnership for many years to deliver key achievements. Examples of the work we have completed together during the first year of the Kirklees Health and Care Plan are below:
Access Priority
- Insight gained by community champions, Healthwatch and VCSE has impacted on the diabetes support offer within Kirklees
- Successfully embedding a Primary Care Network (PCN) approach to enhanced access, delivering more appointments in General Practice. Development of access improvement plans
- Development of the SEND Big Plan which sets out improvements to ensure children and families right support at the right time in line with statutory duties
- Redesign of neurodiversity referral pathways to support waiting list management
- Cancer Educator employed to work with GP Practices to support them in the early identification of cancer
- Implementation of the MYT patient portal called Patient Knows Best which provides people with access to their personal health information.
- Kirklees Keep in Mind (transformation of MH services in Kirklees) – Kirklees Keep in Mind – Helping young people improve their mental health (kirklees-keep-in-mind.nhs.uk)
Holistic Approach to out of Hospital Care Priority
- Home first discharge model implementation (with home first as the priority destination). Supported by recovery and intermediate care beds for people who require additional support before they can go home
- Increased reablement and night support capacity to support discharge
- Discharge offer extended to people on pathway 0 (Age UK and carers support and NHS volunteers)
- Access to a mental health hub for each PCN (made up of both clinical and non-clinical staff) designed to wrap care around the person with a seamless journey and improved access and focus on proactive care. This includes Mental Health Social Prescribers working outside of the primary care estate offering a range of services within local community settings
- Completion of the Kirklees Community Services review and development of underpinning service specifications. This will support a more sustainable community service model in the future
- Approved as an age friendly community. Worked with communities to understand what matters to them. Use of intelligence to define the programme of work.
Crisis Response Priority
- Urgent and Emergency Care Boards in place across both acute footprints as a forum for on-going discussion and to facilitate innovation and improvement
- Successful implementation of the suicide prevention strategy has led to a reduction in the suicide rate in Kirklees.
- Creation of the mental health crisis (Well-bean) cafés
- Successful roll out of Recommended Summary Record for Emergency Care Treatment (ReSPECT) across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. Alongside the advanced care plans, this will ensure identification of the appropriate choice of care and support people to die in their preferred place
- Same day emergency care (SDEC) in place at both Acute Trusts as mandated by the Urgent and Emergency Care Recovery Strategy
- CHFT Emergency Department offer includes BLOSM to be a trauma informed service, make reasonable adjustments for people with a LD, provide Independent Domestic Violence advisors within the Emergency Department, and to be compliant with duties to the homeless.
Workforce Priority
Kirklees and Calderdale Health and Care Careers Pathways Programme
This programme continued throughout the year and has now delivered;
- Over 15,000 opportunities created for young people in Kirklees and Calderdale through live events, newsletters and digital resources
- Over 25 schools have had engaging and informative content on the careers available within the Health and Care sector
Over 100 unique volunteering opportunities for health and care staff to share their time and expertise through mentoring and volunteering
Improved access to employment opportunities
- Worked with the Princes’ Trust to run information events and build relationships with Health and Social Care Partners
- Outcomes to date; 176 young people registered, 49 offered permanent employment/apprenticeships of which 26 have sustained employment after 3 months.
- All targets set by Princes’ Trust have been met fully.
- engaging partners through process and protocol to offer refugees work experience on a voluntary basis and where appropriate permanent employment opportunities.
Festival of Wellbeing Events
- Presented a catalogue of online events including monthly menopause support groups, additional menopause information sessions, an eight-week Healthy Habits course, and various online events covering nutrition, hydration, managing stress and anxiety, healthy sleep and exercise.
Delivered two half-day face to face workshops covering nutrition, hydration, managing stress and anxiety, healthy sleep and exercise – health checks were also available for all attendees.