The Development of Home Oxygen Assessment and Followup Services

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The Development of Home Oxygen Assessment and
Follow-up Services

• Helen Ellis, NHS London

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Introduction

• Overview of the Draft Commissioning Framework for
  Clinical Assessment and Follow up services.
• Opportunity for you to contribute to
  Commissioning Framework

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Benefits of commissioning clinical assessment
and follow up services

• Maximise
• Appropriate prescribing of oxygen therapy
• Appropriate admissions
• The reduction of ambulance call outs, readmission
  rates, bed days, GP visits, clinical risk

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More benefits

• Increase in
• Early discharge
• AE 4-hour wait targets
• Effective utilisation of available specialist
  expertise
• Appropriate use of resources
• Choice and flexibility for patients
• Opportunity to advise and inform patients and
  encourage compliance
• Patient satisfaction

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Why?

• Clinical best practice
• Cost effectiveness
• Consistency across regions and suppliers
• Better patient care
• Contract

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What?

• Assessements can be undertaken in patients home,
  GP surgery, hospital or clinic
• Assessments can be undertaken by a suitably
  trained healthcare professional including GP,
  Community Matron, Healthcare Assistant

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How?

• Build into commissioning plans 07/08
• Draft Commissioning Framework
• Timescales
• Link and relationships between primary and
  secondary
• Communication with GPs and others in the
  community, including patients

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How?

• Identify champions
• Share learning
• Build on what we already have
• And be creative with resources and personnel

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Next Steps

• Link with SHA/PCT lead
• Learn from those already running services
• Set timescales
• Get into Commissioning cycle/autumn plans
• Educate