Alyson McGregor: The evidence based Health Champion approach

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Health Policy Summit

The evidence-based health champion approach

Alyson McGregor, Director, Altogether Better

Chair: Ian Blunt, Senior Research Analyst, Nuffield Trust

Alyson McGregor

Altogether Better

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Introduction • Changing role of the NHS• Paradigm shift• 3 prototypes & 45 innovation sites in

General Practice has led us to stumble across a new model for general practice which is designed to meet these challenges

• Citizens/patients play a pivotal role in meeting this challenge working closely with General Practice.

“Health Champions

are people who

voluntarily bring

their life experience

and their ability to

relate to people to

promote health in

different

communities.“

What’s special about Altogether Better?

•Gives a VOICE to CHCs – a national platform to tell their stories

•Strength in numbers

•Building and sharing the evidence base

•Making the case

•Connecting potiticians, policy makers, decisions makers with people in communities

The consultation and the right conversation

• The core of health care lies in the conversations that

patients have with clinicians and other health care

workers

• A productive way to improve the whole health service is to

transform the way the NHS does business by supporting

really good conversations with people patients and

communities.

Appointments reduced by 9% Practice list increased by 18%

A& E attendance reduced by 10%

Outcomes

• Health improvement

• Service Improvement

• New business model for General Practice

• Potential for better commissioning outcomes

Impact

• Change in the relationship between the practice and the community

• Shifting the boundaries between the community, primary and secondary care

• Emergent impact

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Twitter: #ntsummit

Health Policy Summit

The evidence-based health champion approach

Alyson McGregor, Director, Altogether Better

Chair: Ian Blunt, Senior Research Analyst, Nuffield Trust