These notes have been created by Ken Hutcheon of Queens Cross / Harlaw Community Council as a resource that anyone interested in the implementation of the new Health and Social Care facilities can view to get some idea of what is happening in Aberdeen City as well providing some links to the vast amount of information and data that is available on the Web. Ken is presently a member of the Aberdeen West Locality Group and Community Engagement sub Group.
For various news and updates go HERE
The latest on Community Engagement Meetings held in April 2017 are HERE
An overview
A useful overview of what is happening in Health and Social Care in Scotland is taken from a paper delivered at a conference organised by the Journal of Integrated Care. It states :-
One of the main ambitions in the Scottish Government's 2020 Vision is that by 2020 we have a healthcare system with integrated health and social care with focus on prevention, anticipation and supported self-management and which has the person at the centre of all decisions.
Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare (SCTT) considers technology a key element in carrying out the health and social care service integration. SCTT is currently leading on two community and integrated care projects that have the potential to truly transform end user outcomes - Living it Up (LiU) (see HERE although Aberdeen City is NOT a member of this Scottish resource) and SmartCare (see HERE for Areas in Scotland piloting Smartcare NB Address is ARI ABERDEEN!). Their unique approach to development and implementation through co-production methodology will ensure the sustainability and quality of innovative and integrated care services that support the national vision and policy.
Policy context and objective: Integration of health and social care is the Scottish Government's ambitious programme of reform to improve services for end users. Integration will ensure that health and social care provision across Scotland is joined-up and seamless. Underpinning the programme is the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill.
Population: The primary targeted population is people 50+ living in Scotland and secondly carers and health professionals.
Highlights: The goal is to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing by enabling prevention and supported self-management through information and interaction. Both projects have co-production methodology to establish the needs of the users. All services and tools provided are the result of extensive and continuous community engagement events and co-design workshops attended by members of the community, service providers, technology experts and innovators. We have followed a co-design lifecycle and used different methods.
Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare (SCTT) considers technology a key element in carrying out the health and social care service integration. SCTT is currently leading on two community and integrated care projects that have the potential to truly transform end user outcomes - Living it Up (LiU) (see HERE although Aberdeen City is NOT a member of this Scottish resource) and SmartCare (see HERE for Areas in Scotland piloting Smartcare NB Address is ARI ABERDEEN!). Their unique approach to development and implementation through co-production methodology will ensure the sustainability and quality of innovative and integrated care services that support the national vision and policy.
Policy context and objective: Integration of health and social care is the Scottish Government's ambitious programme of reform to improve services for end users. Integration will ensure that health and social care provision across Scotland is joined-up and seamless. Underpinning the programme is the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill.
Population: The primary targeted population is people 50+ living in Scotland and secondly carers and health professionals.
Highlights: The goal is to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing by enabling prevention and supported self-management through information and interaction. Both projects have co-production methodology to establish the needs of the users. All services and tools provided are the result of extensive and continuous community engagement events and co-design workshops attended by members of the community, service providers, technology experts and innovators. We have followed a co-design lifecycle and used different methods.
One website that must be read to keep abreast of what is happening in Aberdeen is the Health and Social Care's own website at http://aberdeencityhscp.scot (click on website to view)
On that site you will find everything from Health update news to Aberdeen City's Strategy Plan for implementing the Health and Social Care services for the city. Please note that despite a news headline there stating Aberdeen was "Very Good" in its support of Old Peoples' services in fact that was only in ONE of 9 criteria the Care Inspectorate used. The other 8 criteria in the Inspectorate Report stated 2 criteria were Good, 5 Adequate and 1 Weak.
Another important paper is the Scottish Governments latest update (October 2016) on its Health Plans for the next few years - find this HERE (click on Here to view). Its entitled "Supporting & Empowering Scotland's Citizens: National Action Plan for Technology Enabled Care" Note where Aberdeen City is placed in its technology implementation compared with 33 other Scottish Cities - LAST !
Its worth checking out the Papers that went to the Aberdeen Integration Joint Board (IJB) which took place on 15th November 2016 - click on the file below :- sorry its BIG - takes a minute or 2 - but lots of info - see Empowerment paper in particular plus the chart below on discharge rates in Aberdeen
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