module specification

The aim of this module is to prepare students to work in partnership with people with complex needs, their family and friends, and other health professionals across health and social care. The module is driven by changes in care provision and delivery outlined in the integrated care bill (2022). The development of local integrated care boards, whose remit is to bring care closer to home (NHS 2019), has changed the ways in which health care professions work together with people to create person-centred care. Integrated care is implemented for frail older people, people with chronic disease, long term health and social care needs, people with urgent and /or medically complex problems and those at the end of life. The aim of such care is to improve the coordination of services across acute, primary care, community health, social services, allied Health Professionals and the voluntary sector to improve clinical and social outcomes of care. 

You will consider the philosophy of integrated care and explore various examples of local, regional and national schemes. We will consider how success can be defined and measured, considering the person as the organising principle for care.  We will explore the policy backdrop enabling integrated care and discuss how integrated care can be achieved in different areas of care and for different populations by aligning system incentives.

Available for Study Abroad? NO

Definitions and critical exploration of concepts in collaborative and integrated care; exploring the patient journey.

The impact of culture on integrated care (organisational and individual), promoting positive cultures.

Identification and exploration of relevant legislation, regulation.

Promoting the links between physical health, mental and social wellbeing in the context of care.

The use of digital and emerging technologies in supporting people in their communities.

Facilitation transitions of care through partnership working and the role of the integrated care boards.

Students can expect lectures, skill-building activities within the ‘typical home’, technology enabled ‘home’, clinic and boardroom simulation spaces. People with lived experience of health and social care will be invited as guest lecturers to share their experiences of complex and transitional care. Specialist nurses and interprofessional teams will also be invited to share their experiences of providing care. Students will engage in self-directed learning via the WebLearn VLE and take part in small group learning aimed at supporting their poster presentations.

At the end of this module students should be able to:

1. Apply an in-depth understanding of the key legislative and policy drivers for the development of integrated care, demonstrating political awareness and the mechanisms by which nurses can influence policy and local practice change.
 
2. Organise and coordinate care for people with complex health needs, integrating risk assessment, and supporting people through hospital discharge and other transitions between care settings or life stages.

3. Justify the principles of partnership, collaboration and interagency working across all relevant sectors involved in integrated care; evaluating strategies to monitor quality of care shared with or delegated to others, and make suggestions for improvements.

4. Critically reflect on the importance of providing people with individualised nursing, social and informal care that facilitates independence, and supports others to ensure equal access to care.

5. Select, evaluate and apply health technologies that may be used in promoting empowered home living for people with complex physical, mental and emotional needs.

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