Sláintecare, with the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC Ireland) and the Health Service Executive (HSE) has developed a series of learning webinars to share stories of how initiatives and services supported by the Sláintecare Integration Fund have contributed to delivery of care to help vulnerable people stay well in their communities. These learnings will be of particular relevance for services provided for those most at risk of developing Covid-19. Many of the Sláintecare integration-funded projects adapted to delivering their care in innovative ways as a result of infection-control measures, introduced to avoid social contact.
Listen back to the Sláintecare webinar: “Delivering better health services to patients and the public, on our road to delivering Universal Healthcare for all” which took place on 23 May 2024.
This webinar focused on the Sláintecare Progress Report 2021- 2023 which was published by the Minister for Health on 30 April 2024. This report highlights the unprecedented progress being made in transforming our health and social care services to provide the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time.
During the webinar, we looked at the new Health Regions, Modernised Care Pathways and Enhanced Community Care. We will come back to some of the areas not covered, in future webinars.
Speakers included Secretary General for the Dept of Health, Robert Watt, who outlined what he considers to be some of the most significant aspects of this reform programme to date. Grace O’Regan, from the Sláintecare Programme Management Office, provided an overview of the progress, over the last three years. Tony Canavan, REO West Northwest spoke about the new Health Regions. Dr Geraldine Comer, Consultant Medical Ophthalmologist for Community Healthcare West Galway and Lead Ophthalmologist for the Galway Community Integrated Eye Care team updated us on the Ophthalmology Modernised Care Pathway in Galway. Alice McGinley, Community Healthcare Network Implementation Lead shared some of the progress that is being made in delivering Enhanced Community Care. Dr Sinead Walsh, Respiratory Consultant and Respiratory Lead for the Galway City Integrated Care Hub spoke about the impact of the Respiratory ‘One-stop-shop’ Community clinics.
You can watch the full webinar recording here.
This webinar showcased the Sláintecare funded “Linn” Children’s Primary Care Team. The Linn team aims to create an overarching framework for the delivery of enhanced primary care services for children and young people in Galway City North and West, Network 5, Community Healthcare West.
A key focus of this team is a move away from discipline specific case management to a multidisciplinary team approach to assessment, treatment and management of children and their families. A single point of entry has been established to access the Linn Children’s Primary Care team. This is leading to reduced waiting times to access appropriate interventions.
During the webinar we will hear from members of the team delivering this service, as well as families who are benefiting from the service. You can watch the full webinar recording here.
On 21 March 2024, Sláintecare hosted the 22nd Right Care, Right Place, Right Time Webinar – Work-Able Solutions.
The “Work-Able Solutions” pilot project is supporting people with illness, injury, or disability to remain at work or return to work after absence. This initiative is the first of its kind in Ireland and is funded through the Dept of Health Sláintecare Integration Innovation Fund.
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and arthritis are the leading cause of temporary workplace disability accounting for 7 million lost days in absenteeism each year and amounting to over €750m in costs to the Irish exchequer. Early interventions to support work-based needs are proven to have positive outcomes in supporting working age adults with these conditions to remain in the workforce.
This project will test a pilot Integrated Care Occupational Therapy Vocational Rehabilitation Service across three primary care catchment areas in Dublin, Kildare, and Waterford for people with Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and arthritis. The National Clinical Programme for Rheumatology is delivering this project.
During the webinar you will hear from members of the team delivering this project, as well as patients who are benefiting from the service.
You can watch the full webinar recording here.
Listen back to the Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar - “Development of a Crisis Resolution Team (Mental Health)” which took place on Thursday 7 December 2023.
The focus of the webinar is to showcase Crisis Resolution Services. This service supports people who are experiencing a mental health crisis to stay at home, empowering and enabling them to recover in their own environment using their lived experience and strengths. Such specialist services can offer an alternative response to inpatient admission. Crisis Resolution Services will also enable and support the active involvement of family, carers and significant others.
During the webinar, we hear from members of the Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services team which is one of the five national learning sites for the development of Crisis Resolution Services. Presenters include Dr Elizabeth Gethins, Consultant Psychiatrist as well as nursing and occupational therapist colleagues. Professor Philip Dodd, Mental Health Policy and Clinical Specialist in the Department of Health also spoke about his role and delivering on the Sláintecare goals of Right Care Right Place Right Time in Mental Health
You can catch the full webinar recording here.
Listen back to the Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar – “Innovation and Transformation in our Health Services” which took place on Thursday 2 November 2023.
This webinar showcased the Sláintecare funded SMILE 2 project – ‘Test the Integrated Virtual and Specialist Care of Multimorbid Chronic Disease Patients’.
SMILE 2 is an innovative service to enable people to proactively self-manage their health and well-being from home, supported by a digital platform and nurse-led remote assessment and triage.
Speakers include Dr Orlaith O Reilly, Clinical Lead for SMILE 2, Margaret Curran, General Manager Caredoc and SMILE nurse and chronic disease hub specialist staff. In addition, participants in the program give their first-hand experience of the service and the positive impact it is having on their health.
You can catch the full webinar recording here.
The Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar “The role of Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practitioners in implementing the Sláintecare health reform programme” went live on Thursday 8 December 2022.
The focus of the webinar was to showcase Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practitioner Services and examine the real impact these services are having on some of the key challenges in the health service.
Sláintecare hosted a Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Supporting our workforce to deliver Enhanced Community Care” on 29th September 2022.
The theme of this webinar was ‘‘Supporting our workforce to deliver Enhanced Community Care”.
The 17th Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar “Healthy Age Friendly Homes” went live on Thursday 28th April 2022.
Healthy Age Friendly Homes is a Sláintecare and Age Friendly Ireland joint programme. It works with older people to improve their living conditions through access to continued health and social care supports and tailored community supports. The initiative is a two year programme running across 9 Local Authority areas and seeks to support up to 4,500 older people during this period.
The 16th Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar “Leadership and Quality in Healthcare” went live on Thursday 27th January 2022.
This webinar, in special partnership with the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), featured projects from the Diploma in Leadership and Quality in Healthcare and the CHO Collaborative.
The 15th Sláintecare webinar focused on patient impact of the Sláintecare Integration Fund. These projects are testing new ways in which we can bring care closer to home, including putting the patient at the centre of service design and delivery. These projects show how joined-up thinking and working in partnership can help us reach Sláintecare’s goals of shifting care to the community, and improving experiences for patients.
The fourteenth Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar took place on Thursday the 18th of November from 3.30pm to 5pm. The focus of this webinar was “Enhancing capacity and skills for the management of chronic conditions”. We spoke to projects who have been working with healthcare professionals to identify and treat certain chronic conditions through continued education, as well as identifying and developing improved pathways to provide more patient-centred integrated care. Other projects are equipping their patients with skills and information to better manage their conditions so they can stay well at home for longer.
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Many Sláintecare Integration Fund projects have a focus on prevention and on empowering people and communities to be more engaged in their own health and wellbeing. The innovation and best practice that all these projects represent will be of great value to the work underway in every county to implement Healthy Ireland as a key part of the Sláintecare vision.
Engagement with and empowerment of citizens in defining and co-designing the kind of health service they envisage and need for the growing population is a cornerstone of the development of the health service.
The 12th Sláintecare Right Care Right Place Right Time webinar took place on 23rd September. We put the spotlight on frontline professionals that have been delivering innovations in person-centred care through the Sláintecare Integration Fund. Working in multidisciplinary teams has been key to delivering the innovations needed to deliver the Sláintecare Innovation Fund objectives.
This webinar featured three Sláintecare Integration Fund projects, all highlighting how frontline professionals can deliver excellent person centred-care.
On 24th June 2021, Sláintecare hosted its 11th webinar ‘Enhanced Community Care’, which shared stories of projects that are delivering care in the community, at or near a person’s home where appropriate, ensuring maximum impact for citizens.
On Thursday 27th May 2021, Sláintecare hosted it's 10th webinar in its series of webinars, titled 'Collaborative Working for Innovation and Change'.
On 29 April 2021, Sláintecare hosted the 9th Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - "Improving Access to Care"
On 25 March 2021, Sláintecare hosted the 8th Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Alternative Pathways”
Sláintecare hosted our seventh Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Person Centred Quality Care/Improving the experience of patients and service users” on 4 February 2021.
Sláintecare hosted our sixth Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Engaging Communities” on 19 November 2020.
Sláintecare hosted our fifth Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘‘Health and Wellbeing – Empowering Citizens’ on 22 October 2020.
Sláintecare hosted our fourth Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘eHealth’ on 10 September 2020.
Sláintecare hosted our third Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘Chronic Disease Management’ on 30 July 2020.
Sláintecare hosted our second Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘New Ways of Working’ on 16 July 2020.
Sláintecare hosted our first ever Right Care, Right Place, Right Time, Webinar - ‘Best practice and processes for the care of older people’ on 25 June 2020.