AHSNs Patients and Patient Opinion NHS Commissioners workshop 24th September 2013 Introduction Dr Chris Streather Managing Director Health Innovation Network Background Our plans Patient involvement Patient Experience Patient Opinion About Academic Health Science Networks • Health Innovation Network is the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for South London • The Government has established 15 AHSNs nationally • AHSNs have 4 key objectives: Focus on the needs of patients and local populations Speed up the adoption of innovation into practice to improve clinical outcomes and patient experience Build a culture of partnership and collaboration Create wealth through codevelopment, testing, evaluation, early adoption and spread of new products and services Health Innovation Network South London • We are working in partnership with a diverse membership of health and social care providers, primary/secondary/tertiary care, higher education institutions, public health, commissioners – and with patients, the public and the third sector • We are particularly interested in partnership and co-creation, pragmatically and philosophically Work Programmes There are a number of Clinical Themes and Cross-Cutting Workstreams underway in South London: CLINCAL THEMES CROSS-CUTTING THEMES Diabetes Patient Experience Informatics Dementia Evaluation MSK Alcohol Cancer Patient & Public Involvement Structuring Each Clinical Theme SRO – CEO level Tertiary Clinical Directors Secondary Programme Manager Primary Innovation Fellow Public Health Commissioner Patient/3rd Sector/Carer Projects aimed to address each tier of long term condition pyramid Expert Panel – multidisciplinary, patient/carer/third sector and industry Priority Project Priority Project Priority Project Patient experience First year = 3 priorities Engage with stakeholders to develop shared vision Implementation of the Patient Opinion feedback-improvement cycle Co-creation work on experience metrics and co-produced rapid improvement cycles Patient Opinion collaboration •Enhanced subscription for 10 diabetes and dementia teams •Generation of real-time service user and carer views •Generation of corresponding service improvements •Commentator sites supported - Healthwatch, CCG LA •Evaluate and share learning across other themes •Identify training needs with Local Education and Training Board Co-creation work Builds on experience from SWL+SGMHT • User led (of MH services) • Focused on dementia to start with as meeting a need and matching our priorities • Social movement approach – Winning hearts and minds • – Framing the challenge – Generating energy for change – Developing impact and momentum Summary • Early work focused on diabetes and dementia – Husbands our resource – Focuses on two groups who have historically had a raw deal • Users involved at every stage • Leading role in co-creation work • Evaluative rigor – need to develop evidence base • Care Opinion an opportunity Thank you Health Innovation Network hin-southlondon@nhs.net 0207 188 9805