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www.ia-cocreationnetwork.com
Mindfulness
Angela.Green@yhahsn.nhs.uk
Care Coordination in Primary Care
Sarah.De-Biase@bthft.nhs.uk
We are a community of improvement leaders, supporters, healthcare clinicians, enthusiasts and experts on mindfulness who share a passionate belief in the benefits of mindfulness for personal growth, improved emotional intelligence and wider organisational benefits of improved outcomes, improved resilience and well-being. In today’s turbulent NHS, healthcare staff are continuously under relentless pressure and information overload and struggle to create the space required for managing their thoughts and emotions which can at times have negative influences on behaviours.
Older people are majority users for many health and social care services but modern healthcare systems are mostly organised around single system illnesses more typically found in younger people. UK health and social care systems need to better meet the needs of older people with frailty and their carers. Older people with frailty frequently need to move between services and organisations and are therefore particularly susceptible to the effects of multiple assessments, delays or the simple abandonment, which are the characteristics of poorly integrated services.
There is growing evidence in the practice of mindfulness which can result in improved relationships within teams, allows more creative thinking and improved attention especially in shared spaces. Together, we believe that spread of mindfulness within healthcare improvement teams and communities would have positive effects on team working, team relationships, culture, and deliver better outcomes and improved patient experience of care.
This CoP entitled ‘Care Coordination in Primary Care’ will provide members with a platform for knowledge sharing and peer learning and support them to demonstrate improvements in the way vulnerable older people are cared for in primary care.