To develop and prioritise local delivery plans for diabetes services. Accountable to: Diabetes UK/user. Key functions of Chairs Group …
Planning Group
Terms of Reference
Planning Group:-
|Purpose |
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|Proposed terms of reference of LIT planning mechanisms - Chairs group and |
|sub-groups |
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|To monitor, lead and co-ordinate the implementation of the NSF for |
|diabetes ensuring that plans are developed in partnership with all |
|stakeholders |
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|To advise the Health and Social Care Development Group of identified needs|
|and future investment required to address those needs |
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|To agree the priorities, strategies and action plans required to meet the |
|needs of people with diabetes in line with all national and local |
|policies
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|To ensure communication and consultation with all stakeholders, including |
|users and carers in planning, improving and re-designing services |
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|To develop and prioritise local delivery plans for diabetes services |
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|Accountable to:- |
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|The Health Social Care Development Group |
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|Membership/role and function including Chair, Lead and roles |
|responsibilities of each of the members |
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|The LIT Chairs group has the following representation: |
|GP, with special interest in diabetes
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|Hospital Clinical lead for Diabetes |
|Hospital managerial Lead |
|PCT manager Progress on indicators of progress |
|Diabetes Nurse Specialist |
|Social services |
|Public Health Chair |
|Consultant Paediatrician Lead |
|Dietetics |
|Obstetric Lead |
|Diabetes UK/user |
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|Key functions of Chairs Group |
|This group will draw together the action and business plans developed by |
|the 4 sub-groups, and prioritise necessary actions to ensure effective and|
|efficient implementation of the NSF To ensure this, they will develop a |
|rolling implementation timetable to
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|Frequency of meetings |
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|Sub-groups - monthly |
|Chairs group - bimonthly |
|Task Groups including Role Function and lead |
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|Key functions of Chairs Group Lead: Dr CM Carmichael |
|To prioritise necessary actions to ensure effective and efficient |
|implementation of the NSF |
|To ensure the right things are done first; especially where certain |
|aspects of care may benefit from other actions already being in place |
|To develop integrated health and social care plans and work to ensure care|
|is not provided in organizationally delineated envelopes of care that stop|
|at organisational boundaries |
|To give precedence to services that assure and mirror the patients |
|experience
across various organisational and traditional boundaries |
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|Sub-groups |
|Health and Well-being CM Carmichael |
|Clinical care of adults with diabetes Solomon Muzulu/Bernard Everett |
|Care of Special groups with diabetes Dr El Refee/Miss Sue Rutter |
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|Function of Sub-groups |
|Act as source of expertise and advice in their designated standard areas |
|Provide appropriate input to chairs group to help define necessary action|
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|To act as a forum for sharing good ideas and practice |
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|1 Health, well-being and education group |
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|Responsibilities: Promotion of self-care and positive lifestyles, patient |
|issues, overview on education and evidence based practice for promoting |
|self care in key groups, prevention, early detection Public Health and |
|community programmes, surveillance and monitoring, register development, |
|diabetic screening services Liaison with CHD Lifestyle group |
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|Members: |
|Community Dietician |
|Health education specialist |
|Practice nurse |
|NSF facilitator |
|Diabetes Specialist nurse |
|Psychologist with interest in diabetes |
|Public Health Consultant |
|GP lead on registers |
|PCT manager
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|Manager lead on Registers |
|Individual, affected by diabetes |
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|2 Clinical Care of adults group |
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|Responsibilities: Care pathways, co-ordination of care, guidance on |
|referral to specialist care, and surveillance of individuals with |
|diabetes, guideline development, service protocols on detection and |
|management of complications, quality assurance and training |
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|Lead Specialist Clinician |
|Consultant Ophthalmologist |
|Clinical Governance manager |
|Consultant Diabetologist |
|Lead Primary
Care physician |
|Specialist Diabetic nurse |
|Staff nurse/diabetes link nurse |
|Diabetes Project Nurse Trainer |
|District nurse |
|Chiropodist |
|Optician |
|Dietician |
|Social worker |
|Trust manager |
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|3 Care of special groups |
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|Responsibilities: Care coordination, Health/social care interface, support|
|for young people and their families, transfer of care of young people to |
|adult services, Education for school staff to promote
earlier |
|recognition, support for women with pre-existing diabetes, and gestational|
|diabetes to improve outcomes during pregnancy and maintenance of health |
|after pregnancy, guideline development |
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|Lead Consultant paediatrician |
|Lead Consultant Obstetrician |
|Lead Midwife |
|Diabetes School nurse |
|Paediatric Dietician |
|Paediatric nurse |
|Social worker |
|GP / practice nurse |
|Parent of child with diabetes |
|Teacher |
|Links to the local community including users/Carers, voluntary |
|Community groups
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|Users/carers on each of the groups |
|At present, mapping out community groups |
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|7Chairs Signature Date |
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Source:kidney.org.au
