Primary Health Care: Enabling Supported Self-Management of Wound Care in the  Community Setting to Increase Quality and Efficiency of Service Delivery  Supporting citizens to be a more active partner in their care is part of a national, regional and local strategy for quality and sustainability of the NHS, acknowledging the

Derbyshire Community Health Services –  NHS Foundation Trust  Flo Helps Me Take Control of My Diabetes  After being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of ten Naomi has struggled to keep her condition under control throughout her teenage years.  It can be very challenging to manage a condition at this age

Carol Turner – Florence Simple Telehealth Project Manager NHS England TECS- Clinical Advocate 2014. NHS Mansfield and Ashfield Clinical Commissioning Group  Streamlining Surgery Pre-assessment with the Implementation of Flo High blood pressure is a relatively common reason for a surgical intervention having to be postponed. Patients who may be affected by ‘white coat

Morag Hearty Programme Manager Lesley Aitken Programme Assistant Helen Alexander Report Compilation  Rapid Improvement Study: Hypertension Monitoring in General Practice  Many people are asked to attend their GP or Practice Nurse for the sole reason to have their blood pressure monitored and do not benefit in any other way from the visit. NHS Lanarkshire conducted a

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust  Sue Molesworth  Lisa Sharrock Autographer + Flo: A Memory Support Intervention Improving the Quality of Lives for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or Mild to Moderate Dementia  Case Study North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust provides mental health, addictions, children’s services and learning disability services

Victoria Bowman Midwife  Anita Brockbank Diabetes Specialist Midwife  Royal Victoria Infirmary – Gestational Diabetes Mellitus  Midwife Victoria in this short video explains how Flo engages women to feel more in control, resulting in reduced anxiety, better use of clinical time and have less need of prescriptions.  Victoria goes on to talk about

Michelle Denyer Diabetes Specialist Nurse  Three weeks with Flo and I could stop taking insulin  Brenda Greaves is a retired Nurse with a good number of years’ experience working in the National Health Service (NHS). So it will be no surprise to find that rather than take a leisurely approach to

Florence feels more like a friend than a computer system  The diabetes and endocrinology team in Sandwell began using Florence in 2013.  Dr Pete Davies recalls one of the first patients to sign-up; “She was a bubbly, intelligent middle-aged woman and high blood pressure was not the main reason for

Sitting and standing blood pressure in patients with Parkinson’s Disease  Led by the Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist Team (PDNS), Florence is reinforcing the shared management plan for patients with Parkinson’s Disease at City Hospitals Sunderland demonstrating a positive impact on patient’s clinical management to reduce the risk of hospitalisation due

Florence, or Flo for short, is a simple but effective messaging system that is enhancing the care of patients with diabetes living in North Derbyshire who are referred to the Derbyshire Community Health Service (DCHS) Community Diabetes Team, The Community Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSNs), Michelle Denyer, Beth Cooper, Joanne Hulme and

Erin meets ‘Flo’  Erin is 16 years old, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old. Just like any other teenager Erin has a busy life between school, socialising and like most people Erin’s age, her phone is glued to her fingers. Unfortunately Erin’s blood

Supported by the East Midlands Academic Health Science Network, Mark Holmes, Team Leader for Alcohol Related Long Term Condition Nurses, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and Sian Clark, Assistive Technology Innovation and Operational Manager, Mansfield and Ashfield CCG describe how Flo supports the identification of onset ascites. The paper describes the implementation within