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Information prescriptions are being developed to help people with long-term health or social care needs receive the information they need to manage their condition. The DH funded the pilot programme to develop and test information prescriptions, which are to be rolled out nationally during 2008.
This is the interim report of the evaluation of the information prescription project, covering the developmental stage of the piloting programme.
Evaluation of Information Prescriptions: interim report to the Department of Health
http://www.informationprescription.info/materials/IP_interim_report_nov07.pdf
The final conference was held on 19 March - showcasing pilot findings to nearly 300 delegates drawn from a cross section of health and social care organisations. The conference report is also available through the information prescriptions website.
The information and momentum built through the piloting phase is now being used to help shape the support being developed nationally. This support is being designed to help organisations consider how best to implement information prescriptions locally to meet the needs of their local communities. There are a number of national developments:
Information prescription online resource packThe online resource pack is designed for use by organisations that are considering how and when they should introduce information prescriptions locally. It is also designed for use by professionals seeking endorsement and buy in from their host organisations, LA and PCT commissioners looking to implement the choice, long term conditions and self care agendas and provide better streamlined, co-ordinated and patient focussed health and social care services. Also project managers tasked with improving patient information delivery and introducing information prescriptions locally.
A final report is being prepared and should be published later this month. By clicking on the following link you will go straight to a summary of the final report already available through the information prescriptions website.
NHS Choices are developing an information prescription generator for patients, carers and professionals to use. This IPG will be launched in the next NHS Choices release scheduled for early Summer 2008. The conditions currently included in this and the autumn release are listed below:
Early Summer 2008
CHD
Stroke
Dementia
Diabetes
Asthma
Depression
Autumn 2008
COPD
Arthritis
Epilepsy
Renal Failure
5 main cancers –
Breast
Colorectal
Gynaecology
Lung
Urology
http://www.library.nhs.uk/healthManagement/viewResource.aspx?resID=276641
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