Working in partnership with people and communities to support stroke patients in West Yorkshire
Jan 22, 2024
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This podcast discusses innovative co-production strategies in supporting stroke patients in West Yorkshire. It explores collaboration between various stakeholders, community engagement in healthcare, and the importance of empowering individuals. The podcast emphasizes shared knowledge, inclusivity, and starting small to create impactful healthcare initiatives.
Co-production is utilized to enhance long-term support for stroke patients in West Yorkshire, involving stroke survivors, healthcare professionals, and the voluntary sector to develop an online stroke directory.
The project transitions from developing a new stroke pathway to a comprehensive stroke recovery journey, emphasizing compassionate care through storytelling workshops, collaborative ideation, and user-driven support networks.
Diverse stakeholder engagement is facilitated through a blend of online and in-person meetings, ensuring inclusive participation, amplifying the impact of lived experiences, and driving cultural shifts toward patient-centered healthcare.
Deep dives
Co-Production in Stroke Patient Support
Co-production is utilized to enhance long-term support for stroke patients in West Yorkshire. By involving stroke survivors, healthcare professionals, and the voluntary sector, an online stroke directory is being developed. This collaborative effort aims to address the lack of equitable long-term care post-stroke, empowering stroke survivors to access information, support groups, and resources tailored to their needs.
Evolving Stroke Recovery Journey
The project transitions from developing a new stroke pathway to a comprehensive stroke recovery journey. Through storytelling workshops and collaborative ideation, a focus on compassionate care emerges. Stroke survivors contribute to mapping services and enhancing accessibility, emphasizing the importance of sustainable, user-driven support networks.
Creating Inclusive Meeting Structures
Diverse stakeholder engagement is facilitated through a blend of online and in-person meetings. Strategies like breakout rooms ensure inclusive participation, while patient and carer representatives actively contribute to steering group discussions. Practical initiatives, like in-conversation videos and involvement in healthcare training sessions, further amplify the impact of lived experiences.
Embracing Co-Production Culture
The program emphasizes collaboration and shared learning among teams tackling various health challenges. From fostering positive aging to addressing antimicrobial resistance and redesigning pediatric audiology services, co-production principles drive inclusive, innovative solutions. Reflecting on the power of diverse perspectives, the approach catalyzes cultural shifts toward patient-centered, citizen-driven healthcare.
Nurturing Human-Centered Approaches
Starting with a human-centric focus, the program encourages teams to begin co-production endeavors incrementally, valuing progress over perfection. By framing participation with purpose, supporting collaborative tools, and prioritizing human connections, a shift towards citizen-centric healthcare flourishes. Cultivating inclusive, trust-based environments fosters genuine engagement, driving impactful, sustainable transformations in health and care.
Driving Change Through Collaborative Innovation
The dialogue emphasizes the efficacy of collaborative healthcare models that prioritize citizen perspectives. By fostering diverse stakeholder engagement and flexible, adaptive processes, transformative solutions to complex healthcare challenges are realized. The lasting impact lies in fostering a culture of co-production, driving meaningful change across healthcare systems and empowering individuals in their care journeys.
This NHS England podcast is about innovative ways of working with people and communities, and specifically about how co-production is helping develop better long term support for stroke patients in West Yorkshire.
You'll hear from Katie Johnson, Rehab & Life After Stroke Clinical Lead for the West Yorkshire & Harrogate Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and Andy Galloway, from the New Citizenship Project.
This work was part of the ambition of the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board to promote a culture of co-production across its workforce and NHS Leadership Academy Yorkshire and Humber’s ambition around strengthening how we work with communities, New Citizenship Project was commissioned to work with five identified projects across West Yorkshire. This is part of a wider piece of work within West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board to develop a shared definition and principles of co-production.
There is a transcript of the podcast available here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/podcast-working-in-partnership-with-people-and-communities-to-support-stroke-patients-in-west-yorkshire-2/
New Citizenship Project website:
https://www.newcitizenship.org.uk/
You can find the statutory guidance mentioned throughout this podcast here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/working-in-partnership-with-people-and-communities-statutory-guidance/
You can find more information about training and development in this area here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/get-involved/learning-and-support-offers/
You can join the #StartWithPeople network, for everyone interested in how we work with people and communities here:
https://future.nhs.uk/pppnetwork
You can contact the people and communities team at NHS England by emailing:
england.engagement@nhs.net
You can find more podcasts from NHS England here:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/podcasts/
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