Champs business plan 2015-2017

Clinical governance and quality assuranceA series of Patient Group Directions (PGDs) essentialfor the prescribing of key sexual health drugs andtobacco control have been devised by expert groupsof colleagues from across Cheshire & Merseyside andhave been made available to all areas to implement.The PGDs were accompanied by comprehensiveguidance and the approach of tackling them onceon behalf of all nine greatly reduced duplication.The approach to developing a PGD over multipleorganisations has led to those developed in Cheshire& Merseyside being shared as an example of goodpractice on a national NHS Website for PGDs.Utilising the evidence baseThe Champs intelligence network has worked withLiverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and theLiverpool Public Health Observatory (LPHO) toensure that outputs are focused and responsiveto local requirements. Key examples include:• Homelessness health needs assessmentfor the Liverpool City Region which isbeing used by the region’s homelessnesscommissioning leads group• Fixed odds betting terminals researchwhich has received national recognitionand raised the profile of both the issueand public health within local authorities• Impact of welfare reform research whichculminated in a seminar session at LJMUinvolving a wide range of partners fromacross Cheshire & MerseysideDeveloping the workforceA series of CPD events have been delivered forover 1000 participants across Cheshire & Merseysidepublic health teams and the wider workforce.Events include a peer led action learning set onintegrated wellness services, a health protectionevent on antimicrobial resistance, a master classfor elected members on becoming “mental healthchampions”, a sector led improvement masterclass and emergency planning.Early 2015 saw the annual suicide reduction summit,a domestic abuse event and a beat blood pressureevent as well as a system leadership programme,funded by PHE and the Leadership Centre, whichprovided a focus on developing the skills, behavioursand frameworks to support systems leadershipspecifically for public health professionals.Connect 5 (mental health in everyday practice)was commissioned to provide “train the trainer”courses across the nine local authorities.Beating high blood pressureA system wide programme of work is underway totackle high blood pressure in Cheshire & Merseyside.The work began with stakeholder event in March2015 with the aim of gathering local insight from keypartners about perceptions of high blood pressureand how diagnosis and treatment can be improved.The steering group have generated a vision and driverdiagram to direct the programme of work for theyear ahead and identified work in three key strands:prevention; identification and management.A safe and resilient systemA new health protection framework and dashboardhas been developed to support local authorities intheir quality assurance role. An antimicrobial strategyhas been developed with partners following a jointevent with PHE. A multi-agency exercise calendarhas been created linking with wider stakeholdersand Cheshire & Merseyside local health resilienceforums established. A key focus has been pandemicflu preparedness, outbreak plans and qualityassurance for local authorities for screeningand immunisation programmes.4