Unisex CVD Group Clinic information
NHS South Yorkshire ICB is a Growth Accelerator and exploring ways to proactively support people to stay economically active.
As part of the Accelerator programme, South Yorkshire Training Hub has secured support for 20 practices/PCNs to trial the use of Group Clinics to deliver cardiovascular disease prevention interventions. The impact of the programme will be independently evaluated to establish whether this intervention makes a difference to patient, staff and primary care productivity. It also provides the opportunity to explore how best to involve work coaches when people are at risk of becoming economically inactive.
A unique feature of the programme is that the Group Clinics will be unisex. People born female will participate in a Group Clinic that addresses both CVD risk and peri-menopause or menopause management. People born male will participate in a Group Clinic that addresses both CVD risk and mental wellbeing. Men aged 45 – 65 have the highest incidence of suicide of any age group, which represents a significant health inequality.
The clinical care and support delivered through the nurse-led CVD Prevention Group Clinics for participating patients will replace 1:1 planned care and appointments that these patients would have otherwise required. In this way, it is anticipated that this programme will lead to productivity gains and improve quality of care by creating time for prevention. Independent evaluation will explore whether anticipated productivity and quality gains are realised.
The programme team will be providing participating PCNs with CVD Prevention Group Clinic templates. These will be co-designed with clinical experts and will maximise delivery of QOF within the CVD Group Clinic. The template can be adapted to address local population health needs and will enable teams to build on local community assets. For instance, we fully anticipate that you will engage Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) partners in your CVD Prevention Group Clinic work.
