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FRIDAY 10FRIDAY 10THTH JULY 2009 JULY 2009

WELCOMEWELCOME

ACHIEVEMENTS 2008/09

Rosaleen BawnMacmillan Nurse Specialist for Palliative Care

Education in Nursing Homes

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• Updates 2008 – 2009

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• The team

• Gold standards framework for care homes

• Integrated care pathway

• Education

• Other initiatives

• The future

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• The team:

– Rosaleen Bawn – GSF Clinical Associate and Accredited visitor for GSF National Team

– Julie Williams – GSF Clinical Associate• Calderdale

– Janet Walker – Secretary

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GOLD STANDARD FRAMEWORK FOR CARE HOMES

Kirklees 72% and Calderdale 63% of nursing homes will have completed GSF education by the end of

this year

Kirkwood Hospice support

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Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 5 Phase 6

South KirkleesNorth KirkleesCalderdale

GSFCH PHASES

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• GSFCH comments:

• “we did palliative care well before but we do it even better now”

• “before GSF residents were admitted into hospital to die now we have managed to care for all our residents in their terminal phase”

• “we have developed a much better working relationship with our GPs since doing GSF”

• “the staff are really motivated now they can see what a difference GSF has made”

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• Integrated Care Pathway for the dying adult– Documentation complete– Ratification obtained in Kirklees– Piloting the document in GSF homes in

Kirklees– Working towards Calderdale and other homes

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• EDUCATION• Greater focus on in-house education

– Numbers: 512

Attendance

by Grade

5%8%

11%

27%

49%

ManSCOther RNCA

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• Training the Trainer – – 3 programmes currently ongoing

• Role exchange – Kirkwood Hospice– 1st exchange complete – positive experience– 2nd to commence in the autumn

• Clearer objectives, expectations and evaluation

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• Co-ordinators course– Working with Leeds Metropolitan University

and the GSFCH National Team– Criteria

3 levels:–Certificate 15 points–Diploma 30 points–Degree 60 points

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• Other initiatives:

– University of Birmingham Research– Remain members of planning groups– Education programmes – syringe drivers– Website – www.nursinghomes.cht.nhs.uk – Newsletter– Book marks/dignity measurement tool– Primary Health Care

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The Future (1):

– Embed the use of ICP within care homes

– Support all the homes who have undertaken

GSFCH programme keeping the gold gold

– Engage further homes across this health

economy onto GSFCH programmes

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The Future (2)

– Develop education – focusing on training

the trainer and role exchange– Promote the Co-ordinators Course– Plan to publish articles around the role– Thanks to all who have support our work– Plan to take a well earned rest!

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THANK YOU