kristin rothert head of clinical standards & quality bridge project
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Setting up and delivering a Specialist Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Service in a Primary Care Setting. Kristin Rothert Head of Clinical Standards & Quality Bridge Project [email protected] Dr Beverley Bray PhD Head of Performance Bridge Project [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kristin RothertHead of Clinical Standards & QualityBridge [email protected]
Dr Beverley Bray PhDHead of PerformanceBridge [email protected]
Setting up and delivering a Specialist
Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Service in a
Primary Care Setting
1. Consider:.
What is the need within your own practice area?
2. Consider:.
What are the barriers to delivering this service from both your own and the patient's perspective?
First decision: Funding the service........
Second decision: What does success look like?
Second decision: What does success look like?
Second decision: What does success look like?
Second decision: What does success look like?
Third decision: Making it happen – who needs to be around the table?
Fourth decision: Making it happen – what needs agreeing prior to launch?
Clinical standards?What documents?
Who?.
Where?.
What model?Cost / funding sources?
Implementation – getting stuck in!
1. Identify practices / areas with sufficient need for the service and
2. Identifying the target cohort
3. Contact target cohort and invite for a medication review
4. Assess and work with cohort identified
Delivering the service – lessons learnt
Delivering the service – demonstrating outcomes....
Delivering the service – demonstrating outcomes....
Background
Bridge Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Service
• Operating since mid 2008
• Re-designed in January 2010
• Lone worker employed and supervised by Bridge
• Located within GP practices
• Initially funded by Voluntary Sector grant funding
• A Brave New World – reporting to NDTMS
The story so far
223 individuals helped since January 2010
75 individuals helped since April 2012
The story so far
50% helped to stop their medication completely
50% reduced by between 25-80% (average 52.5%)
The story so far
Average 24 weeks receiving support
Between 9 – 47 weeks for a medication free outcome
Where to from here?
What ideas / thoughts will you be taking back to your area / practice?