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Furness – health and happiness

Furness – health and happiness. Meryl Taylor, Locality General Manager Cathy Hay, Clinical Director. Aim of the session. To describe how the geography of Furness influences how we deliver health services to people and communities across the locality

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Furness – health and happiness

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  1. Furness – health and happiness Meryl Taylor, Locality General Manager Cathy Hay, Clinical Director

  2. Aim of the session To describe how the geography of Furness influences how we deliver health services to people and communities across the locality To explain Furness from a health perspective To explore how social, physical and mental health services can work more closely together to improve experiences and health outcomes for people and communities in Furness

  3. Furness Locality • 24 miles Barrow to Millom, 40-60 minutes travel • Urban and Rural • 70 miles to a Tertiary centre, 90+ minutes travel

  4. Furness at a glance • Population = 85,957 • 71,800 live in Barrow • 15 GP practices • 2 Community Hospitals • 7 Dental practices • 9 Community Pharmacies • 7 Opticians • Cat c Prison • 4 Local Authorities: • Cumbria County Council • Barrow Borough Council • South Lakeland District Council • Copeland Borough Council

  5. Furness Health • The health of people in Furness is mixed • Deprivation is higher than the national average • Smoking related deaths in Barrow are higher than the national average • Alcohol related deaths in Furness are higher than the national average • Over the past 10 years - decrease in death rates in cancer, heart disease and stroke

  6. Multimorbidity

  7. Did you know we have? Community Nursing Palliative Care In-patient beds (MH) Primary Care First Step 3rd Sector SALT FGH Physiotherapy Health Visitors Diabetes In-patient beds (physical) STINT Podiatry Community Mental Health Teams Adult Social Care Community Dentistry

  8. We need to avoid……………..

  9. Specialist tertiary services Healthcare community – Our Vision Specialist secondary care services • School nursing, district nursing, CPN, counselling services, First Step, psychotherapy, occupational therapy, pharmacy • speech and language, physiotherapy, health visiting, adult social workers, children’s social workers, 3rd sector, midwives GP, practice nursing, practice management, Patient – service user -

  10. What we need to do • Start with the patient, their carers, families and communities and build care around them.

  11. Effective team working around the • patient

  12. Develop and share specialist staff skills across healthcare teams

  13. Good communication, signposting and co-ordination to deliver a seamless service to patients

  14. High quality care that improves health outcomes • Deliver the benefits • You should feel better!

  15. Team working in Furness • A work in progress………. • Wound Care Community Clinic • Butterfly Scheme • Dane Garth Redevelopment • Resolve Project

  16. Furness CPFT Team Values Responsive to User feedback Person centred Easy access Team working Clear Pathways ‘Can do’ attitude Good Communication

  17. Any questions?

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