The future’s here; the future’s now - the PURPLE STAR

STRATEGY!

Alison Fitzgerald Strategic Lead Nurse HCS

Frank Garvey Strategic Liaison Nurse

25th June 2013

• Health facilitation in Hertfordshire

• Social marketing – development of a logo and kite mark: the Purple Star Strategy

Purple Folder

• Health Passport

• Health Action Plan

• Inter-agency policy

Reasonable Adjustments

• ATTITUDE –

• timing

• communication

• environment

• help!!

T.E. A. C. H.

Branding

To develop a ‘brand’ and associatedsocial marketing campaign to

improvemainstream health & social care for adults with learning disabilities.

The Vision

Utilise the Purple Star as a ‘kitemark’’ to represent high quality health

and social care provision for people with learning disabilities

• Pilot Project Groups –pharmacists, opticians and dentists - Acute services and GPs

• Competency based training-T.E.A.C.H.

• E-learning• Remake Barry's Eyes• Passionate Practitioners• On line platform &

standards• Drama Festival- August

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Purple Star PromiseWe provide the best service to people with learning disabilities by:-

Offering excellent customer care Recognising individuals who may need “reasonable adjustments” Providing an individual care plan Using the Purple Folder Appointing a Learning Disability Champion Giving expert help and advice T.E.A.C.H training all our staff Working in partnership with others to support individuals Producing accessible information, signage and displays Ensuring an accessible environment Being alert to safeguarding concerns and reporting them

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What will the Purple star represent?

Staff who are T.E.A.C.H. competency based trained

• Evaluated to ensure that they are delivering a defined quality service

• Offering an equitable reasonably adjusted service

• Receive regularly monitoring to ensure standards

• Have an identified champion with links to the CLDT

What will it look like?• Display Logo and be

signed up to the “quality platform”

• Signage, flagging & Purple Folder

• Private environment & time – consultation

• Accessible communication including display board

• Range of intervention and support i.e. dosettes

• Staff-LD Champion• Link & contact with

CLDT

Social Care…

• Frank Garvey

• Frank.garvey@hertfordshire.gov.uk

• 07899971241