Home not Hospital event

In March 2017, the Improvement Hub held a learning event showcasing examples from across Scotland of housing organisations working with partners in health and social care to avoid people having to go into – or to stay in – hospital. Presentations below

Home not Hospital
Brian Slater, Head of Partnership Support, Scottish Government
The Scotland wide picture focusing on the cost to the NHS of delayed discharge and the personal impact of delayed discharge including reference to some of the new approaches which have been emerging over the last year.

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Housing Contribution to Older People’s Care
Stephen Fitzpatrick, Head of Older People’s Services, Glasgow Health & Social Care Partnership
How Glasgow has developed an accommodation based strategy which is embedded in the Strategic Commissioning Plan, the role of the housing sector, how the strategy is funded, and how it contributes to meeting the 9 health and wellbeing outcomes.

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Jumping through HOOPs - Housing Options for Older People
Bridget Curran & Denise Murdoch, HOOP Team, Glasgow
The HOOP to jump through - the Housing Options approach, lessons learnt, and the challenges, the highs, the lows and how to work through them.

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What can housing do?
Amanda Britain & Simon Carr, The Improvement Hub
Housing’s contribution to reducing the need for admission to hospital and reducing delays in discharge, with a description of a pilot to use sheltered housing as interim supported accommodation.

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There’s no place like Home: the Aberdeen experience
Dorothy Askew, Planning and Development Manager, Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership


Shirley Finlayson, Manager, Disabled Persons Housing Service (DPHS) Aberdeen
The rising trends in the number of people delayed in hospital waiting for specialist housing presents challenges. Whilst these are not high in numbers, the length of delay, often 6 weeks plus, can result in a high number of bed-days lost. Aberdeen’s Health and Social Care Partnership have significantly reduced the number of patients delayed by housing issues and delivered better outcomes for service users by improved communication, joint working, telecare and a range of specialist housing options.

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Fit Homes
Lucy Fraser, Head of Innovation, Albyn Housing Society Ltd,

Arlene Johnstone, Complex Case Planning Manager, NHS Highland
Albyn Housing Society Ltd and NHS Highland are working with Carbon Dynamic, an off-site modular developer bringing disruptive innovation to the housing and health sector by developing a completely new breed of “connected” and adaptable housing. Their goal is to enable people to stay at home, without the need for lengthy admission to hospital or the need to move to a care home.

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‘GP Beds’ – new uses of extra care housing in Moray
Jane Mackie, Moray Health & Social Care Partnership


Stephen McCullough, Hanover Housing Association
Hospital services are under increasing pressure and there continues to be national concern at the number of people delayed in hospital. But are there ways that we can avoid the need for people to be admitted to hospital in the first place? A new initiative in Moray shows ways that extra care housing can be used that are based on a partnership between Moray Health & Social Care Partnership, Hanover Housing Association and local GPs.

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The 500+ - how can housing help more people with complex needs have a home? (1)
Jane Gray, Ark Housing Association
National statistics show that there are more than 500 people who are in effect ‘living’ in hospital. How many of these people could live better quality lives in their own home in the community? How can housing organisations and Health & Social Care Partnerships work together more effectively to prevent the issues arising? Work is underway in Edinburgh and Forth Valley to develop new pathways for people with complex needs placing housing as a key partner.

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The 500+ - how can housing help more people with complex needs have a home? (2)
Marlyn Gardner, Forth Valley NHS
National statistics show that there are more than 500 people who are in effect ‘living’ in hospital. How many of these people could live better quality lives in their own home in the community? How can housing organisations and Health & Social Care Partnerships work together more effectively to prevent the issues arising? Work is underway in Edinburgh and Forth Valley to develop new pathways for people with complex needs placing housing as a key partner.

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