Re: quarterly progress report [1 Attachment]

[Guest guest]

Interesting report, still focused on children exclusively.

I was really keen to see the IT bits, but it's actually pretty vague.

They're right to highlight limited implementation of existing stuff,

but that doesn't mean the whole system was particularly useable in

health visiting. We never even used a fraction of the child health

systems capacity to support HV and SN practice, at least not in

England. Wales did better, but there's still lots to do.

Other issues in the past have been that they tried to make HV

contacts into episodes of care and link it to diagnoses and

procedures. This meant a lousy fit with professional practice, plus

an implied individual 'patient' as the focus of care.

Previously, they've tried to do stuff on the cheap by squeezing HV

practice into a DN or GP model of health care, with more meaningful

data left out than included. No better than the parent held record.

Hospital paeds structures didn't fit either, but they didn't seem to

bother much with a minority service.

I've not seen any progress in HV IT for more than 10 years, but maybe

we can still hope?

From: Cowley <sarahcowley183@...>

Date sent: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:56:43 +0100

Subject: quarterly progress report [1 Attachment]

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The quarterly progress report for the health visitor implementation

plan has been published, attached or available from

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Publica

tionsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_133447 It includes latest figures, papers

and an update on the school nursing plan as well. I hadn't heard

anything about the IT developments before - does anyone know anything

about that?

best wishes

[Guest guest]

On the IT front there has been a short pilot of the use of Blackberrys to record contacts, miles travelled etc in Devon recently.

What was new about this was the 'live' element of this use of the technology and of course cutting down on paper recording.The HVs who used it liked it and felt it made them more efficient, able to spend 'quality time' with their clients

and increased their safety when visiting unfamiliar families.

Hope that helps!

Beverley

Health Visitor

Culm Valley Integrated Centre for Health

Willand Rd

Cullompton

EX15 1FE

01884 836004

07816955981

From: [ ] On Behalf Of Cowley [sarahcowley183@...]

Sent: 10 April 2012 08:56

Subject: quarterly progress report [1 Attachment]

The quarterly progress report for the health visitor implementation plan has been published, attached or available from http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_133447

It includes latest figures, papers and an update on the school nursing plan as well. I hadn't heard anything about the IT developments before - does anyone know anything about that?

best wishes

Cowley

sarahcowley183@...

http://myprofile.cos.com/S124021COn

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