Wakefield City Council wanted to reduce the level of alcohol-related harm and hospital admissions. They identified funding to support the development of a service that would treat the underlying cause of alcohol-related illness and injury and allow patients who were admitted to Pinderfields Hospital Accident & Emergency (A&E) to access support for problematic drinking. Spectrum needed expert capacity to support the model development, bid writing and implementation.
Client
My client was the social enterprise, Spectrum Community Health CIC, working in partnership with Wakefield Council Public Health.
The Solution
I collated the evidence base and supported the development of a service model with the aim of providing brief interventions, treatment advice and follow-up care to patients who have an alcohol related illness or injury and are admitted to A&E. I translated the service vision into a funding proposal. Once the funding was secured, I then co-ordinated the initiation of the new service:
- start-up and organisation of a weekly internal project team meeting to commence and review the mobilisation plan
- support for the identification and engagement of strategic and operational stakeholders including chairing the initial stakeholder group meeting
- liaison with each of the partner’s lead officers to ensure they were clear about their assigned actions, and they progressed them in line with the agreed vision for the service and to timescales. The initial priorities were securing partnership engagement, staff recruitment and communications
- identification of accommodation on the Pinderfield’s Hospital site for the out-patient clinic.
The Outcome
Spectrum successfully secured funding and developed the Alcohol Liaison Service. The service has since been a finalist at both the Royal College of Nursing and the Nursing Times Awards. Read more about this fantastic service here: spectrumhealth.org.uk/services/substance-misuse-services/alcohol-liaison-service
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