Golden Jubilee National Hospital Isma Quasim The Most

Golden Jubilee National Hospital Isma Quasim

The Most Recent Cohort • Team were more, not less, anxious before week 1 of cohort 2 • Doubled our cohort size from 3 to 7 • Kept 6 throughout ( dropout due to hospital readmission)

What Was/Felt Different From Previous Cohort(s) • Carer strain appeared to be more of an issue • Group bonded quickly (all had been admitted around the same time) • Readmission rate (other hospitals)

What Have You Tested Since We Last Met? • Sent out more letters to try and get acceptance rate up (tried to find out why folk weren’t taking up the clinic offer) • Did away with the weekly group physio session • Psychology week split into patients and carers • Addition of dietetics/SALT in week 5 • Use of hospital volunteers

What Did You Learn/Change Following Testing? • Ability to give physio input on a more individual basis was beneficial • Pedometers are a great idea (with a number of steps plan) but don’t go cheap! • Appointment board essential when you have a group more than 3! • Dietetics and SALT play an important role in our patient population – try it earlier next time • Hospital volunteers very useful in weeks 1 -3 • Need more than one individual in each specialty

What We Plan To Test Next • Try a younger cohort • Try to have group from a specific hospital diagnosis (OOHCA) • More recent inpatients • Have our first In. S: PIRE patient volunteer • Psychology in week 3 (means we need to be more organised in weeks 1 -2). Need big appointment board! • Effects of advertising the service (in ITU/ relatives waiting area/hospital wide)

What We Could Help With • Happy to give specialised advice to other centres • Experience with working with carers’ centre and discharge team

Look At What We Do/Use • • Great input from dietetics and SALT Carers of West Dunbartonshire Pedometers/step plans Improved communication with discharge team

What We Need Help With • Week 5! • Easier way of getting money out of my finance department to spend on miscellaneous items • More important folk than us advertising the programme to our board