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Key messages: managing long-term conditions
- Author:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Services for adults with long-term conditions are examined, focusing on two conditions in particular, COPD and epilepsy. These conditions were selected because there had been little evaluation of these compared with other long-term conditions. Key messages are presented. The study involved analysis of quantitative activity data on long-term conditions, analysis of spend on long-term conditions, and interviews with staff at the SEHD and at a sample of NHS boards (including health professionals specialising in COPD or epilepsy), CHPs and council social work departments. The fieldwork was carried out in six NHS board areas: Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland and Tayside. Focus groups were held with people with COPD or epilepsy in the sample board areas and GPs and practice nurses in the sample board areas were surveyed.
Managing long-term conditions: report supplement: results of the GP and practice nurse surveys
- Author:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Results are presented of telephone surveys amongst GPs and practice nurses, with reference to Delivering for Health. The survey aimed to find out their current ways of working, how these ways of working are changing, and attitudes towards proposed new models of care for people with long-term conditions. The survey was carried out in six NHS board areas: Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland and Tayside. For the survey, a letter was sent to each GP, practice nurse and practice manager in every practice in six sample board areas, introducing and explaining the survey and informing them that an interviewer would telephone. The telephone survey of GPs and practice nurses took place over a period of five weeks between 22 August and 26 September 2006.
Managing long-term conditions
- Author:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Services for adults with long-term conditions were examined, focusing on two conditions in particular: COPD and epilepsy. These conditions were selected because there has been little evaluation of these compared with other long term conditions. The study included analysis of quantitative activity data on long-term conditions, analysis of current spend on long-term conditions, a review of documents and interviews with staff at the SEHD and at a sample of NHS boards (including health professionals specialising in COPD or epilepsy), CHPs and council social work departments, 14 focus groups with people with COPD or epilepsy in the sample board areas, and surveys of GPs and practice nurses in the sample board areas. The fieldwork at boards was carried out in six areas: Ayrshire and Arran, Borders, Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Highland and Tayside.
A review of free personal and nursing care
- Author:
- AUDIT SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Audit Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Key findings and recommendations covering free personal nursing care (FPNC) in Scotland are presented. The specific objectives of the study were to evaluate the robustness of financial planning, monitoring and reporting arrangements for FPNC at both a national and local level, to examine the current costs and funding allocations for FPNC across councils in Scotland, and to identify the financial impact of FPNC on older people, the Scottish Government and councils. The study involved an analysis of national data including demographics, older people’s services and financial information, a data survey of the 32 councils focusing on activity, financial, policy and practice information, focus groups with older people and care providers, interviews with staff in six councils, the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and the Scottish Government, a survey of independent care home providers, and a review of a sample of care packages since 2002 in two councils.