Remembering Stephen Hawkins
‘One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your
feet.
Two never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose
and life is empty with out it.
Three if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there
and don’t throw it away’
HFH ACUTE HOSPITAL NETWORK
20 MARCH 2018
IHF UPDATES
Marie Lynch
Head of Healthcare Programmes
The Hospice Friendly Hospitals Programme seeks to ensure that end of
life, palliative and bereavement care are central to the everyday
business of hospitals.
The HFH Programme supports individual hospitals, hospital groups
and the HSE.
Supporting hospitals through the HFH Programme
CEO
Sharon Foley
&
Head of
healthcare
Marie Lynch
Education
team Breffni,
Bryan
HFH
development
/
outreach
coordinator
Joanne
Brennan
Georgina
Buffini/Alice
Anderson (Mat
Leave)
Admin Support
Bronagh Curran
D & D
project
manager
Mary
Lovegrove
04/03/18 Presentation Title goes here 10
47 Hospitals linked to the HFH Programme
Saolta
RCSI
IE
RCSI Hospitals Groups
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin
Beaumont Hospital
Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown
Cavan General Hospital
Louth County Hospital, Dundalk
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Saolta University Health Care Group
University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park
Letterkenny General Hospital
Sligo Regional Hospital
Mayo General Hospital
Roscommon County Hospital
Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe
Ireland East Hospitals Group
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
National Maternity Hospital, Holles St
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar
St Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny
Wexford General Hospital
Our Lady's Hospital, Navan
St Columcilles Hospital
South / South West Hospital Group
Cork University Hospital
Cork University Maternity Hospital
Bantry General Hospital
Mallow General Hospital
South Victoria University Hospital
Mercy University Hospital
South Tipperary General Hospital
Kerry General Hospital
University Hospital Waterford
S / SW
Dublin Midlands Hospital Group
St James's Hospital
Tallaght Hospital
The Coombe Women and Infant University Hospital
Naas General Hospital
Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise
Tullamore Hospital
DM
University of Limerick Hospitals Group
University Hospital, Limerick
University Maternity Hospital, Limerick
Nenagh Hospital
Ennis Hospital
St John’s Hospital
UL
Mar 2018
Children’s Hospitals
Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin
Templet St Children’s University Hospital
Private Hospitals
Mater Private Hospital
The Galway Clinic
Bons Secours Hospital, Dublin
The Beacon Hospital, Dublin
The Hermitage Medical Clinic
End-of-Life Care Coordinators Mar 2017
Hospital Group Location of Coordinator WTE Post created in:
1 Ireland East Mater Hospital (Diarmuid Ó Coimin) 1.0 WTE 2010
2 Dublin Midlands St James’s Hospital (Bettina Korn) 1.0 WTE 2011
3 Dublin Midlands Tallaght Hospital –(Ann Hickey) 1.0 WTE 2017
4 Saolta
Sligo Regional Hospital
(Ann Hayes)
1.0 WTE 2015
5 RCSI Connolly Hospital (Debby Gregg)
0.25
WTE
2008
6 RCSI Beaumont Hospital (Gill Rufli)
0.50
WTE
2013
7 South/South West Serving all hospitals in the group (Post Vacant) 1.0 WTE 2015
8 University of Limerick Serving all hospitals in the group (Denis Casey) 1.0 WTE 2011
HFH 2018
• Outreach
• Proactive support EOLC committees
• Strategic
• Link with Oversight
• D & D
• Business case
• EOLC coordinators
• Evidence based approach
• Build on MaJam, QIP and existing
metrics
• Engagement
• Networks
• Repository
Current work of Oversight Group
Education/Training
•Sub-group formed Jan 2018
•Chaired by Patricia Blunden
HSE Change Management Resources
•First Meeting Feb 20 2018
•Time Frame – 10 Months
•Review of “Final Journeys” training
course
•Identification of additional delivery
platforms (eg Change Hub, HSE
Induction)
•Work with National Occupational
Health Clinical Lead on staff self-
care
Current work of Oversight Group
Care delivered at End-of-Life
• Sub-group formed July 2017
• Chaired by Margaret McKiernan
• Developing national standard
patient/carer literature on the
death and bereavement process
• Consultation process 12 Feb –
12 March- 40 responses received
• Finalised in the summer
• Other patient booklets for consideration:
• Post Mortem process
• Receiving diagnosis of life
• Update HSE Bereavement
How can we reduce the variability in care
delivery at end of life across hospitals ?
D & D So far 31 projects funded: 21
complete
Project Hospital No
Mortuaries Beaumont, Kerry, Limerick, Mercy, Sligo,
Roscommon, Coombe, Mayo, Portiuncula
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General family rooms Beaumont , Connolly (2), Mayo, Navan, Nenagh,
Portiuncula, Roscommon, St John’s, Mercy
10
ICU Family Rooms Mater , Beaumont ), St James’ 3
Maternity Out Patients Family
Room
UL Maternity 1
Mortuary family room St James 1
Bereavement suites (family
room & viewing area)
St James ED, Tallaght ED, Ennis 3
Maternity inpatient rooms Galway, Portlaoise 2
Palliative Care Comfort Suite Mater 1
ICU waiting area & family room Mater 1
D & D Planning for 2018
Round 4 Grant Scheme (TBC)
•Mortuaries
•Emergency departments Bereavement
suites
•Family Rooms – wards, ICU, CCU
•Inpatient suites
•Seek support from the Design & Dignity Project Team
mary.lovegrove@hospicefoundation.ie
D & D Campaign for
National Capital Mortuary programme
What you can do
1.Invite EOLC Committee on a tour of the mortuary and assess against
D&D guidelines using D&D Assessment Tool
2.Take photos of existing mortuary
3.Show EOLC Committee photos of newly refurbished D&D mortuaries
4.Visit other newly refurbished mortuaries
5.Seek support from the D&D project team
IHF updates
• HFH Updates
• What's new from IHF
• Related policy and reports
AIMS
1.Provide the best possible end-of-life care for
people living in RCCs
2.Enable and empower staff to continuously
review, reflect and improve the end-of-life care
they provide
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CEOL Objectives
•Establish a CEOL Group with
responsibility for driving, developing and
changing in end-of-life care.
•Develop a vision for end-of-life care
•Establish CEOL reviews after the death
of each resident to support staff.
•Invite feedback from bereaved relatives
and friends.
•Implement change projects
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Bereavement strategic focus
• 2016 inaugural Bereavement Forum IHF hosted
• nationally coordinated approach to bereavement care promotes
connection & collaborative working.
• 2017 2nd
Bereavement Forum
• feasibility/scoping study to determine a realistic way of developing a
national approach to bereavement care.
• Aims of study:
• (1) Establish a vision for a national approach to bereavement care in
Ireland (2) Develop an implementation framework for enhancing
bereavement care in Ireland.
• Status:
• Report due late Spring
• HFH Updates
• What's new from IHF
• Related policy and reports
How We are Funded
We rely upon voluntary support to keep our programmes and services working
across Ireland.
95% of our income comes from our donors, philanthropic benefactors,
sponsors, corporates, event participants and committee members.
5% of our income comes from statutory sources and these funds began in 2015.
Our heartfelt thanks to everyone that has joined us. Your
generosity helps us achieve meaningful impact for so many
people.
To donate, receive news about our events or to get involved please
see: hospicefoundation.ie or call the fundraising team on 01
679 3188
Context of HFH within HC programmes and Where people die
What people die from
This is how we describe the HFH programme
Supported via HFH dev officer – Alice, and education team, Mary from D and D and CEO / Sen management
21 Hospitals represented here today
Congrats to Tallaght
56 sites participating across Ireland
70 people representing 33 organisations with a focus or interest in bereavement care and support in Ireland attended the
These visions included (1) Broad initiatives to recognise, celebrate and promote awareness of bereavement in Ireland; (2) A national approach to the development of standards, pathways of support, guidelines and services; (3) The need for education for the public, volunteers and professionals; (4) The need for organisation, good governance, networking and funding.
Methodology
Systematic literature review of evidence to understand and compare bereavement care, policy, standards, structures, guidance and support.
Interviews with national and international bereavement care leads
Focus groups with stakeholders involved in the provision of bereavement care and support in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Sligo. We are inviting representatives from agencies directly involved in bereavement support and those who support the bereaved as part of their day to day work to share their views.
Analysis of bereavement focused questions in ‘Have your say’ survey
Outcome: A proposed pathway towards a national approach to bereavement care in Ireland. A pathway informed by the literature, international and national bereavement care leaders, key stakeholders in health and social care in Ireland, bereavement care providers in Ireland, organisations that provide bereavement support as part as their day to day work and those who have been bereaved in Ireland.
Survivorship Definitions
Cancer Survivor
An individual is considered a cancer survivor from the time of diagnosis, through the balance of his or her life. Family members, friends, and caregivers are also impacted by the survivorship experience and are therefore included in this definition.Adapted from the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
Cancer Survivorship Research NCI
Cancer survivorship research encompasses the physical, psychosocial, and economic sequelae of cancer diagnosis and its treatment among both pediatric and adult survivors of cancer. It also includes within its domain, issues related to health care delivery, access, and follow up care, as they relate to survivors. Survivorship research focuses on the health and life of a person with a history of cancer beyond the acute diagnosis and treatment phase. It seeks to both prevent and control adverse cancer diagnosis and treatment-related outcomes such as late effects of treatment, second cancers, and poor quality of life, to provide a knowledge base regarding optimal follow-up care and surveillance of cancers, and to optimize health after cancer treatment.
Met with CEO of HIQA to recommend next NPES would refer more explicitly to end of life and he indicated his interest in themed inspection.
Report launch 15 DEC –
5 diagnosis categories
Patient involvement
Quality improvement
Compassion
Bereavement
Staff support
Metrics and measures
Hospice Friendly Hospitals generated
24 pieces of news content, including 13 reports on Dignity & Design:
14 x print (regional and specialist)
9 x online (regional and specialist)
1 x broadcast (Shannonside FM)