Scottish Allied Health Professions Clinical Effectiveness and Practice Development Network TOPIC SPE

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Scottish Allied Health ProfessionsClinical
Effectiveness and Practice Development
NetworkTOPIC SPECIFIC GROUPS
Michelle Richmond Practice Development Project
Co-ordinator NHS QIS
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Scottish AHP Clinical Effectiveness and Practice
Development Forum
AHP CE/PD Network
Arts Therapies
Executive Planning Group
Topic Specific Groups
Dietetics
Stroke
Occupational Therapy
Childrens Services
Orthoptics
Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapy
Aim Identify Clinical Priorities for AHPs make
recommendations to NHS QIS Established April 2005
Podiatry
Radiography
Prosthetics/Orthotics
Speech Language Therapy
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Topic Specific Group Process
Horizon Scanning
Obtain supporting information re clinical
priorities
80-100 AHPs from across Scotland identify top
clinical improvement priorities for their
profession in the topic area
Obtain evidence
Theme and prioritise clinical improvement
priorities
Obtain further evidence on top 5
Topic Specific Group identify top 5 clinical
improvement priorities
Obtain further supporting information advice
re recommendations
Meet with key stakeholders (internal external)
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Level 1 Stakeholders Experts in field/
Research organisations/ National Organisations
with interest In topic/ NHS QIS decision-makers
Level 2 Stakeholders Clinicians in field
who may be interested in taking forward proposals
Level 3 Stakeholders AHP CE PD
Network, Professional Bodies and other
interested parties
Final recommendations
Report review by TSG AHP Clinical Effectiveness
Practice Development Forum
NHS QIS Topic Selection Process
Final Report to NHS QIS
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Uni-professional meetings to promote topics
outwith top 5 clinical improvement
priorities (Attendees TSG member, regional
representatives key stakeholders)
Masterclass Events Nov-Dec 2006
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• RECOMMENDATIONS TO NHS QIS (Nov 2005)
• Children's Services
• Nutritional Support for Children with special
  needs
• Clinical Modalities for Management of muscle tone
• Integrated 24hr postural management care pathways
• Ankle Foot orthoses for children with cerebral
  palsy
• Effective interventions for functional
  improvement in children with coordination
  difficulty
• Stroke
• Aphasia
• Shoulder Pain
• Management of Dysphagia
• Guidance on use of ankle foot orthoses
• Effective interventions for management of gait
  and balance
• Musculoskeletal

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TSG OUTCOMESRESPONSE FROM NHS QIS

• NHS QIS SUPPORT
• v Scoping work on effective guidance and support
  for parents/ carers of children requiring entral
  feeding building on BPS nasogastric
  gastrostomy feeding
• v Scoping BPS Dysphagia
• v Community of Practice in Falls

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TSG OUTCOMESRESPONSE FROM NHS QIS

• COMMISSIONABLE WORK (NHS QIS FUNDING)
• Ankle foot orthoses
• Aphasia
• Children with development coordination delay

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TSG OUTCOMES

• AHP clinical priorities on the national
  agenda!!!!!!!
• Process for identifying clinical priorities
  topic selection (bottom up approach 250 AHPs)
• Raising awareness of AHP issues other
  stakeholders
• Multidisciplinary team work understanding AHP
  roles
• Personal Development

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CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESSI believe that Allied
Health Professionals are stronger when we work
together towards common goals (TSG member)
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Next Steps

• Report on TSG Launch 5 April 2006
• Review of Topic Specific Methodology
• Stakeholder Events (Jan June 2006)
• Masterclass Events (May/June 2007)