Longer, healthier lives for people with long term health conditions Dr James Simpkin, Clinical Facilitator
Background • Better understanding • New strategies • Healthier lives
Themes
Smoking
Keeping People Healthy Longer Rikto Dean Senior Com m unity Health Trainer (Sm oking)
Why have a stop smoking service? • 40 % of premature deaths are current smokers • Link between smoking and sudden unexplained deaths • On average ex-smokers live 4 ½ years longer than smokers
CO2 Monitoring
You are four times more likely to quit with support from a stop smoking service
Obesity
Healthy Lifestyle Team – Health Trainers 13 th July 20 17 – Lara Morgan
Health Trainers - Lara Morgan Lifestyle risk factors operating together explain 40% of ill health in England. • Healthy Eating • Smoking • Alcohol • Physical Activity 40% of the workload in the health service is potentially preventable.
What do Health Trainers do?
Health Trainers
Who Can we support? • Any adult (18+) in Brighton and Hove who would like individual support to make a health change How? • Self refer /GP • Email: Healthylifestyles@brighton- hove.gov.uk • Call: Healthy Lifestyles Team 01273 296877
Alcohol Misuse
Addressing the harm ful effects of substance m isuse in Brighton and Hove Helene Begg
Addressing the harm ful effects of substance m isuse in Brighton and Hove Harm Minim isation: • holistic support • quick access to treatm ent options • Needle Exchange • Training
Addressing the harm ful effects of substance m isuse in Brighton and Hove Prevention: • Screenings and vaccinations • Naloxone Pens • Joint W ork w ith health professionals • Sensible on Strengths cam paign
Addressing the harm ful effects of substance m isuse in Brighton and Hove Prom ote Long-term recovery by: • Connecting people • Offering opportunities to contribute • Making recovery visible
Addressing the harm ful effects of substance m isuse in Brighton and Hove Our priorities for the com ing year: • Broaden our im pact • Reduce drug related deaths • Broaden joint-w orking practices
Cancer & Lung Cancer Preventable risk factor = SMOKING
Cancer Awareness
Speak Up Against Cancer – the survivor’s story Carolyn Phelps, Assistant Project Coordinator
Speak Up Against Cancer Speak Up Aims and message • Aims to raise awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer and encourage early diagnosis • When detected early Cancer can be cured, treated, managed and lived with. • Take time to know your body and be aware of changes that persist over time. If a change lasts, SPEAK UP and get it checked by a doctor. • • Cancer screening can save lives, it can detect cancers at a early treatable stage.
Speak Up Against Cancer How to spot the early signs of cancer and what to do next
Speak Up Against Cancer
Brighter Outlook FREE • One-to-one support. • Specialist exercise coaches who understand and can advise on a safe way to exercise. • Taking into account your individual cancer journey our coaches can offer advice around exercise. • You can attend a ten week physical activity programme with people in a similar situation. This can be a specific circuit classes, or a learn to run course. • Signposting to a chosen activity.
Speak Up Against Cancer Speak Up Carolyn Phelps or Sue Brown speakup@albioninthecommunity.org.uk Tel: 01273 878261 Brighter Outlook Angie Steel brighteroutlook@albioninthecommunity.org.uk Tel: 01273 668591
Vulnerable and isolated patients
Community Navigation: Social prescribing to improve health & wellbeing B&H CCG Keeping People Healthier Longer 13 th July 2017 Clair Rowe (Service Manager) Alex Brining (Community Navigation Coordinator) Bh-impetus.org/navigation @BHImpetus 01273 229385
What is Community Navigation? Community Navigation is a social prescribing service that provides access to support services and activities A person centred service that helps people with social and emotional needs, e.g. social isolation, low level depression or anxiety, bereavement, financial difficulties 57% of patients referred are over 55 and many are experiencing anxieties about their medical conditions or wellbeing
How does it work? 1. The person is referred by a primary care health professional e.g. GP, nurse or non-clinical staff 2. Community Navigator meets the person 1-2-1, usually in their own home 3. Initial assessment = guided conversation (1 hour appt.) 4. Offer and discuss a range of options and facilitate onward referrals 5. Following up after agreed amount of time to ensure support 6. Usually 1 or 2 face to face appts. with follow up phone calls. 7. A record of what has been done is sent back to the referrer
Evidence about Community Navigation Main presenting issues 30% 24% 25% 20% 14% 15% 12% 9% 10% 7% 6% 6% 5% 4% 5% 3% 3% 3% 3% 2% 0%
Evidence about Community Navigation Facilitated Social groups (18%) referrals Exercise (10%) made to: Finance & benefits (8%) Mental Health Services (7%) Learning, classes & course (7%) Older Peoples’ Services (6%) Housing (5%) Befriending (5%)
*Promotes & improves wellbeing *Prevents loneliness & isolation *Prevents decline of mental health Key Benefits of *Promotes resilience and independence Community Navigation - Keeping People Releases GP Well Provides access to surgery time the right services spent with at the right time patients on non- medical issues
Evidence and contacts For more information and to download our evaluation : http://www.bh- impetus.org/communitynavigation Impetus Community Navigation Service Clair Rowe (Service Manager) Alex Brining & Mel Pickett (Navigation Coordinators) 01273 229382
Mental Health • Depression • Overlap with isolation, smoking, alcohol misuse
Table Top work
Mental Health We will be doing more work on how best to support people to live longer, healthier lives. For more information, or to be involved further in our work: BHCCG.participation@nhs.net 01273 238700
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