Short abstract
We pulled the insights, learnings, reflections and recommendations together from the Create Open Health: Voices for Change project into a report, highlighting key action points for consideration.
The final report was published in May 2022 with an intense cross-sector outreach and engagement campaign to disseminate the report’s findings to more than 100 key organisations. This included academic and health research institutions, business incubators, voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, voluntary sector infrastructure organisations, charities and campaigning organisations, innovation networks, allied health professionals, integrated care systems, care quality commissioners, health and social care commissioners and local authorities.
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We evaluated the Black Maternity Matters pilot. The pilot demonstrated that anti-racist training has improved the knowledge and skills associated with cultural competency in midwives and maternity support workers. The evaluation showed that training participants had overestimated their cultural competency at the start of the programme but by the end, they had increased their understanding of how racism impacts health inequalities and they were able to transfer this knowledge to their work context.
Citation
Riley G, Aldridge P, Taylor-Anjous N and Roseveare S, (2023). Evaluation Summary of the Black Maternity Matters Pilot. West of England Academic Health Science Network
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The SHarED (Supporting High impact users in Emergency Departments) project supported ED teams to introduce personalised care plans for high impact users. These plans enabled staff to engage with patients about their behaviour and needs and provided recommendations on how to interact with and care for patients. It also promoted collaboration between different specialist teams across the health and care system for more integrated care.
The evaluation of SHarED, conducted by NIHR ARC West, showed it reduced ED attendances by 33% and hospital admissions by 67% among high impact users. SHarED successfully promoted better and more integrated care for high impact users and gave practical support to staff working in very difficult environments.
Citation
Sillero-Rejon C, Kirbyshire M, Thorpe R, Myrin G, Evans C, Lloyd-Rees J, Bezer A, McLeod H. Report on improving care for high impact users of hospital emergency departments: a mixed-method evaluation of a regional quality improvement programme ‘Supporting High impact users in the Emergency Department’ (SHarED). NIHR ARC West, University of Bristol, Health Innovation West of England and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
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We worked with Gloucestershire Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) to support their implementation of Anya, a smartphone parenting and breastfeeding app to help support new mothers and hopefully increase breastfeeding rates in their local communities. As part of a real-world evaluation, a survey was conducted amongst NHS maternity staff to understand their views and surface any concerns in order to inform the rollout.
Citation
Newton BJ, Downing P and Riley G. Preparing to implement a breastfeeding app: A survey of maternity staff views and beliefs on smartphone use to support breastfeeding. Bristol, UK: Health Innovation West of England; 2024.
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Our evaluation of North Bristol NHS Trust’s implementation of iRhythm’s Zio device shows it has successfully improved system efficiencies by increasing the number of patients completing the diagnostic pathway, decreasing waiting times for monitoring and identifying cardiac arrhythmias that otherwise would have been missed.
Citation
Downing P, Gregory R, Juniper M, Leach A, Mould LK and Riley G. (2023). Final report on the implementation and proof of value evaluation of a cardiac patch technology in a hospital setting. Health Innovation West of England.
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