The Networked Data Lab is a collaborative of advanced analytical teams from across the UK. They are working together on shared challenges and promoting the use of analytics to improve health and social care. Thanks to the Leeds Data Model, the NHS in Leeds and Leeds City Council are one of five partners across the country who successfully bid to take part in the initiative.
The project looks at how partners can work together to use data to improve health and care in the UK, including addressing COVID-19 and narrowing health and care inequalities. It will do this by identifying and analysing data on six topics over six years. Involving people with lived experience in each of the projects is key to enhance the data being explored.
Anna Palczewska Senior Data Scientist said: “The involvement of Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) helped by Healthwatch Leeds and our collaborative network of six NDL partners across the UK has been crucial in enriching our analysis of local data. Through their unique insights and perspectives, PPIE contributors have ensured that the data reflects real-world experiences and community needs. Our network partners have brought together diverse datasets and expertise, allowing us to create a more comprehensive framework of the local healthcare landscape around intermediate care”.
Patricia McKinney, ICB volunteer on the project said: “The network data lab project has provided successful opportunities for data analysts to collaborate and learn from patients. The exchange of information has given patients an overview and an understanding of what is or is not possible with the health data. Analysts have benefited from interacting with patients and formulating analyses to answer their questions”.
Analysis of routinely collected health data from the Leeds population showed that 1 in 5 people discharged from hospital received support at home, additional community care or reablement services to help them recover. People receiving support were more likely to be female than male and around a third were from more deprived areas of Leeds. People with dementia were also more likely to receive support than others. There is substantial variation in services, providers and coordination of care required by people leaving hospital. Those already known to intermediate care services receive this support quicker than those who aren’t.
What mattered to our patient panel from this work, included reviewing the discharge process so that information about Intermediate Care is explained and offered to people regardless of whether their admission was planned or unplanned. Ensure that people in recovery settings have access to sufficient physiotherapy sessions and stimulating activities. Improve communication to ensure all patients, including ethnic minorities and those with communication needs, are informed about available services like Intermediate Care. Actively involve carers in discussions and decision-making processes about post hospital discharge plans for patients.
This analysis provides valuable insight to decision-makers in Leeds as they redesign healthcare support for people leaving hospital, to help them recover quicker at home or in the community and stay healthier for longer.
For more information please click here: https://www.healthandcareleeds.org/get-involved/your-views/ndl/topic-four-intermediate-care/
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Media contact: Helen Butters, [email protected], 07737704992
About the Networked Data Lab
The Networked Data Lab is a collaborative network of advanced analytical teams across the UK. Led by the Health Foundation, we work together on shared challenges and promoting the use of analytics in improving health and social care. Using linked data, we aim to understand and solve the toughest health and care issues facing the UK today.
- The Networked Data Lab is comprised of the following partners:
- The Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS) which includes NHS Grampian and the University of Aberdeen
- Public Health Wales, NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS), Swansea University (SAIL Databank) and Social Care Wales (SCW)
- Imperial College Health Partners (ICHP), Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI), Imperial College London (ICL), and North West London CCGs
- Liverpool ICB and Healthy Wirral Partnership
- Leeds ICB and Leeds City Council
About the Health Foundation
The Health Foundation is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.
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