Better outcomes, better value: integrating physical and mental health into clinical practice and commissioning
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1. Integrated Practice Unit’s (IPU)
• Organized around the need’s of patient’s
• Provides the full cycle of care for a condition,
including patient education, engagement and
follow-up
• Involves a dedicated team who devote a
significant portion of their time to the medical
condition
• Providers are part of a common organizational
unit
• Co-located in dedicated facilities
Source: Michael Porter 2010
3. COVENTRY’S INTEGRATED
SERVICE
• An integrated Sexual Health and HIV
service, including Family Planning and
GUM
• Trust clinical strategy to develop
Integrated Practice Units
4. Prevalence of HIV in Coventry
• General population in Coventry of
323,132
• Over 600 HIV patients accessing Integrated
Sexual Health Service
• Prevalence of HIV is 3% per 1,000 people
aged 15-59
5. Background
• HIV is a complex disease and is considered
to be a treatable Long-Term Condition
• Antiretroviral Therapy has improved
survival dramatically
• Co-morbidities including mental heath
issues have been identified as important co-morbidities
• Management of HIV patients need multidisciplinary team
approach
• Lifestyle advice and Mental Health Support
can improve survival with improved
quality of life (BHIVA Guideline)
6. IPU - Work to Date
• Development of Screening Tool
• Complies with BHIVA Standards of Care for
People Living with HIV
• Leading to Single Assessment
• Integrated working/joint clinics
• Effective use of existing resources
• Increased range of services to clients
9. Lifestyle Health Checks
• Individuals aged 18 and above to identify
risks and make healthy lifestyle changes.
• Initial 45 minute assessment includes:
• BMI measurement
• BP, Glucose & Cholesterol testing
• Smoking status, diet, physical activity,
alcohol consumption
• GAD/PHQ for Mood & Anxiety.
10. Lifestyle Health Checks
• Following initial assessment, the client can
attend a structured six week programme to
improve lifestyle and reduce risk:
Eat & Drink Healthy,
Be active, Reduce Smoking & Alcohol,
Feel good and sleep well
Move onto Case Management or Stop
Smoking Programme
11. •Delivering parallel healthy lifestyle and
IAPT clinics within the service
• Team encouraging HIV patients to
attend Lifestyle check
•Closer liaison and working between
MDT
• Onward support offered with a range of
external agencies
IPU in Practice
12. Results so Far
• IAPT has already identified patients who need
help including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
– Management plans agreed with consultant
through MDT discussions
– Positive feedback from patients and clinicians
• IPU assists with the early intervention to reduce
the complex co morbidities and also help with
the identification of comorbidities such as
hyperlipidaemia.
13. iAPT
15%
42%
43%
% patients offered IAPT
Service
% patients signposted to
another service
% patients who either did not
need or want futher support
14. Life Style Support
15%
17%
17%25%
2%
24%
patients to stop smoking
support
patients on counterweight
patients on to IAPT
patients referred to
Physiotherapy
patients on to Alcohol
Support Services
patients on to additional
case management support
15. Case study 1
• Male, aged 56 years diagnosed positive for 5
years on ART for 4years
• Completed lifestyle health check and was
motivated to make lifestyle behaviour changes.
• Completed support with ‘Eat Well’ sessions with
Lifestyle advisor.
• He achieved his goals relating to the frequency of eating, portion
size and types of food groups eaten. His starting weight was 103kg
and is now 99kg.
• Quote – ‘Quite surprising the things you take for
granted that are wrong in your life, you think
you are doing good but you can do better, fine
tuning needs to be done.’
16. Case Study 2
• Female, aged 53 years diagnosed 6 years ago
• Supported with behaviour change to ‘sleep well’.
• Her sleep improved and she is also now accessing physiotherapy
after being referred following check for her leg problem.
• Following the sleep improvement she is now accessing
• Counterweight, a weight management programme, with our lifestyle
advisor and is following a personal health plan.
• She has lost 4.6 kg already and is still on the programme. (Starting
weight 75.6kg, now 71kg)
• Quote ‘Feel more self-aware and in control of my eating and
sleeping; realising that you have habits and somebody is helping
you to stop and think. ‘No thank you’ is now my mantra for the
week.’
17. Healthy Lifestyles Sexual Health Feedback Data Analysis
Q6 Do you feel the staff listened to you?
Q7 Is the place where you go for your appointment convenient for you to get to?
Q8 Do you think the support offered by the Health professional has helped you adopt a healthier lifestyle?
Q10 What is your overall view of the service?
Q11 Focus group
NB N/A = Not answered
18. Healthy Lifestyles Sexual Health Data Analysis
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
How would you rate the
appointment times offered to
you?
How would you rate the
greeting you received
from reception
staff/Health professional
on arrival?
How would you rate the
approach ability and
professionalism of the
health professional?
How would you rate the
explanation of the
programme and the
information given to you?
Q9
What is your overall
view of the service?
Excellent, 4
Excellent, 7
Excellent, 6 Excellent, 6
Excellent, 5
Good , 7
Good , 4
Good , 5 Good , 5 Good , 5
N/A, 2
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q9
Excellent
Good
N/A
NB N/A = Not answered
19. BHIVA STANDARDS
Standard 3
• Provision of outpatients treatment and
care for complex co-morbidity- the IPU
may assist with the early intervention to
reduce the complex co morbidities and
also help with the identification of
comorbidities such as hyperlipidaemia.
• Access to emotional support and smoking
services
•
20. Standard 6
• Psychological care – promotes emotional and
cognitive wellbeing that will impact on the quality
of care and wellbeing for people attending the
service
Standard 9
• Promote self-management – smoking cessation
to support wellbeing- encouraging a self-
management weight plan
21. Standard 10
• Participation of people with HIV in their
care – empowering patients to be involved
in the their care pathways .
• The IPU helps patients to participate in
identifying need and identify and
select other areas of care that may help
them to live well.
22. • By implementing an IPU we are working to
ensure HIV patients have the best
programme of health care
• Supporting/encouraging self management to
• Wrapping services around the patients, and
ensuring the clients do not need to be
referred onto other services
• Reduction in client waiting time to access
other health services
Benefits of IPU
23. • Reducing admin time to book new appointments
• Reduces DNA rates
• Reducing time and money spend by healthy
lifestyle services promoting services e.g.
promotional material
• Shared equipment and administration support
Benefits of IPU
24. Future Plans
• Single set of medical records
• Expanding screening tool
• Inclusion of additional services
• Formalising outcome framework
• Training for Sexual Health Staff to
undertake the screening