The Primary and Community Care Response to Dementia- Leading for Improvement

1. South West Dementia Partnership Living well with dementia across the South West The Primary and Community Care Response to Dementia- Leading for Improvement What we have on offer right now!

2. PROGRAMME FOCUS • The Programme proposes an approach to developing the dispersed and diverse leadership capacity to deliver improved services for people with dementia with particular focus on supporting the role of GPs as clinical leaders, emerging commissioners and practitioners

3. PROGRAMME AIMS • Enhance and develop the leadership capacity within local service systems to develop, and deliver local action plans to support the implementation of the National Dementia Strategy. • Develop capacity for continuous and sustainable improvements in quality • early diagnosis and intervention, • achieving results that matter to patients and their carers, and • the key objectives of “Living Well with Dementia”

4. PROGRAMME AIMS • Develop the leadership capacity GPs as commissioners and local clinical leaders • Develop leadership capacity of other key partners • E.g. other practitioners, managers, patients and their families, acute medical care, the voluntary and community sector, and social care. • Build capacity for sustainable improvement over the long term

5. PROGRAMME AIMS • Develop relationships, methods and process to support continued sharing of intelligence (e.g. on results and their measurement) and the ongoing development of leadership for improvement capacity

6. PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS • Regional GP Dementia Leads • PCT GP Dementia Leads • Service Commissioners • Local Councillors • Health & Wellbeing Partnership Boards

7. PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS • GPs with special interest • Other professionals with a special interest e.g. Community Matrons, social care managers • Social Care Leads • People with lived experience of dementia and their carers

8. PROGRAMME FEATURES • Ongoing evaluation of priority issues for participants as their roles unfold • Space within events to address these issues there-and-then • Exposure to top quality content on key issues concerning leadership for improvement within local systems of care • Varied learning formats with a focus on interaction • Working from strengths and building relationship

9. PROGRAMME FEATURES • Opportunities for bespoke development support from skilled coaches as sought by participants • Access and support in contributing to web resources for collaboration and social networking • Participation in Solution Focused Action and Reflection (SoFAR) Groups

10. SoFAR GROUPS • SoFAR groups extend the usual practice of action learning sets and have the following features: • Using the group itself as a space to practice leadership skills in a safe and supportive environment • Application of new ideas to real-life real-time issues of concern to participants • Commitment to action, with supportive feedback on the results to capture learning and improved practice • Use of solution focused, and other coaching techniques to support reflection, learning and action

11. PROGRAMME DELIVERY • This scoping event followed by four further, one-day events over a year • Bespoke support in the intervening periods • Facilitated by Steve and Jo and other SWDC colleagues to ensure continuity and continued refinement of content and delivery in light of feedback. • Additional facilitation support for the SoFAR groups will be provided by appropriate qualified and supported practitioners

12. NOTIONAL CONTENT • Highlighting what works • Bespoke expert input on key topics • Making sense of the leadership needed here and now • Personal development concerning how to achieve influence and effective negotiation • Principles and practice of service redesign to maximise value for patients and their support and reduce waste • Service improvement through building on strengths and developing relationship

13. NOTIONAL CONTENT • The QIPP agenda and its implementation • Bringing together the new underpinning change principles for healthcare • Working with local services as “living systems”, including team and inter-team development, and “whole systems thinking” • Thinking differently- fostering creativity and innovation • Making the most of the leadership expertise of patients and their supports and exploring models for local governance and accountability

14. NOTIONAL CONTENT • Engaging well with the equalities agenda • Approaches for particular client groups, (e.g. early onset dementia and people with learning disability) • Focusing on outcomes and measuring what counts

15. EVALUATION • The programme will adopt a formative evaluation approach that agrees, measurement of the outcomes sought from the outset and processes for collecting information • Additionally a global solution focused evaluation of the whole programme will be undertaken using an innovative group method that captures the specifics of what was achieved and any unfulfilled potential

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