Furness – health and happiness

Meryl Taylor, Locality General ManagerCathy Hay, Clinical Director

Aim of the session

• To describe how the geography of Furness influences how we deliver health services to people and communities across the locality

• To explain Furness from a health perspective• To explore how social, physical and mental health services can

work more closely together to improve experiences and health outcomes for people and communities in Furness

Furness Locality

• 24 miles Barrow to Millom, 40-60 minutes travel

• Urban and Rural

• 70 miles to a Tertiary centre, 90+ minutes travel

Furness at a glance• Population = 85,957 • 71,800 live in Barrow

• 15 GP practices• 2 Community Hospitals• 7 Dental practices• 9 Community Pharmacies• 7 Opticians• Cat c Prison• 4 Local Authorities:

•Cumbria County Council•Barrow Borough Council•South Lakeland District

Council•Copeland Borough Council

Furness Health

The health of people in Furness is mixed

Deprivation is higher than the national average

Smoking related deaths in Barrow are higher than the national average

Alcohol related deaths in Furness are higher than the national average

Over the past 10 years - decrease in death rates in cancer, heart disease and stroke

Allerdale Barrow in Furness

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Female life expectancy showing number of years of healthy life

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Multimorbidity

Did you know we have?

Community Nursing

Physiotherapy

Community Mental Health

Teams

First Step

Podiatry

Primary Care

FGH

In-patient beds

(physical)

In-patient beds (MH)

Diabetes

Palliative Care

Community Dentistry

SALT

Health Visitors

Adult Social Care

3rd Sector

STINT

We need to avoid……………..

Healthcare community – Our Vision

What we need to do

Start with the patient, their carers, families and communities and build care around them.

Effective team working around the

patient

• Develop and share specialist staff skills across healthcare teams

• Good communication, signposting and co-ordination to deliver a seamless service to patients

• High quality care that improves health outcomes

• Deliver the benefits

You should feel better!

Team working in Furness

A work in progress……….

Wound Care Community Clinic

Butterfly SchemeDane Garth RedevelopmentResolve Project

Furness CPFT Team Values

Responsive to User

feedback

Person centred

‘Can do’ attitude

Clear Pathways

Team working

Good Communicatio

n

Easy access

Any questions?