1. Getting Knowledge into Action for
Health and Social Care in Scotland
Dr Ann Wales
Programme Director, Knowledge Management Ann.wales@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Annette Thain
Manager, Knowledge Based Practice Team annette.thain@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Janet McDonald
Knowledge Manager janet.mcdonald@nes.scot.nhs.uk
2. Overview
1. National Knowledge Strategy for Health and Social
Care.
2. Implementation through Collaborative Networks
• Service delivery
• Roles and skills
• Working examples
3. Discussion - opportunities to get involved.
4. Knowledge Strategy: Vision
Findfind,
Knowledge into Action:
“A national network, combining learning
technology, content and people will provide
a portfolio of knowledge services to help
people in health and social care to find,
share and apply knowledge. This will help to
deliver new models of care and improve
outcomes for individuals and communities. “
Public Library Strategy
Strategic Aim 4:
“Public libraries in Scotland contribute to
social wellbeing, tackling social isolation,
inequality, disadvantage, fractured
communities and ill health.”
5. Why a Network Approach ?
Local Authorities
CPPs
Health and Social Care
Partnerships
NHSS
Special Boards
Territorial Boards
3rd Sector Independent
Sector
Education
6. Library and Knowledge Landscape
Local Authorities
Library Service
Health Promotion Service
Patient Information
Service
Practice Educators
Learning & Org Devt.
etc
3rd Sector Independent
Sector
NHSS
Public libraries
Data and
Intelligence analysts
Community Learning
Learning &
Org Devt
Information Officers
Practice Educators
Learning and Org Devt
Health and
Wellbeing
Knowledge
brokers
Knowledge
Services
7. Strategic shift in approach
Ad hoc collaboration
– multiple short-term small projects and initiatives.
Effective transformation
– coherent system-wide approach
- consistent focus on contributing to health outcomes
- collaboration and scale for resilience and
sustainability.
8. K2A Process &
Activities
Digital Knowledge
Platform – The
Knowledge Network
Knowledge
Broker Network
Knowledge
Needs Analysis
Literature
searching
Capturing
evidence from
practice and
experience
Communities of Practice
Educational Detailing
Social networks
Presenting
knowledge in usable
formats: Toolkits,
Checklists,
Infographics
Assess impact on
practice and outcomes
10. Knowledge into Action (K2A) Network
Knowledge brokers delivering services collectively:
1. Coordinated national evidence search and
summary service for health and social care.
2. National Digital Library Platform (Alma/Primo) –
collective national workflow for print and
electronic resource management.
3. Combined national effort to provide K2A
support for health and social care integration,
patient safety, person-centred care.
11. K2A Network in
Action
Improving Health
Literacy
in Scotland
Scottish Govt: Does
health literacy affect
health outcomes? Research and
practice evidence
sourced
by: 2 NHS Boards
1 University
1 Voluntary agency
Health Literacy
Knowledge Portal –
open to all sectors
Health Literacy
Supporters Community:
NHS staff
Public Library staff
Academics
K2A Impact Evaluation
Framework
15. Capability Framework
1: Build capability and capacity.
2: Working as a network
3: Finding evidence from published and
experiential sources
4: Creates knowledge in actionable
formats to support decision making
5: Support knowledge exchange and
dissemination
17. Knowledge broker skill development
Modules
Mix of eLearning,
reading, discussion
Delivered over 2
months
About 2 hours a week
Group work
Share a piece of work
or reflection
Face to face events
WebEx meetings
Expert in the room
Webinars
Demos of specific
tools
Explore buddy options
Modules
20. You are all welcome to join the
K2A Network!
Join the mailing list -contact
knowledge@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Join People Connect
www.peopleconnect.scot.nhs.uk
24. SDS Knowledge into Action Tools -
some of our current projects:
1. Self-directed Support Portal
2. SDS information leaflet for health care
staff
3. A Basic SDS E-learning Resource
4. SDS and Mental Health – “My Support”
Tool
27. SDS Information Leaflet for
Health Care Staff
A need for information which would help raise awareness of SDS
amongst health care staff
Developed in collaboration with NHS Lead for SDS in East Renfrewshire
HSCP
Knowledge spread to Practice Nurses - NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde:
• Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley
•Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Greenock
•Vale of Leven Hospital, West Dunbartonshire
28.
29. Basic SDS E-Learning Resource for
Dumfries & Galloway Council
The need for a tool which can explain SDS and how to access it for
members of the public AND health and social care staff.
The challenge – to be simple but informative!
30. SDS and Mental Health
“My Support” Tool
The Challenge: Low take-up of SDS amongst those with
mental health issues. Some individuals see managing their own
budget as anxiety provoking.
How do I feel today?
31. And Finally.......
1. How could your library service support
SDS?
2. How could your service benefit from the
Knowledge into Action Network?
3. Can you use the tools and methods shared
today?
Get involved
32. Getting Knowledge into Action for
Health and Social Care in Scotland
Dr Ann Wales
Programme Director, Knowledge Management Ann.wales@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Annette Thain
Manager, Knowledge Based Practice Team annette.thain@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Janet McDonald
Knowledge Manager janet.mcdonald@nes.scot.nhs.uk
Notas do Editor
Good morning
I am going to tell you more about the K2A network that NES and Improvement service are facilitating to support the implementation of the K2A process in helath and social care
General benefits of a network are well documented
Benefits
Peer support
Sharing of knowledge, experience and ideas
Opportunities to learn from experience of others
Prevent duplication of effort
This network helps encourage links and collaboration with other knowledge brokers to support delivery of the whole process
Making the connections across sectors and geographic boundaries
Provides a Focus within an organisation to promote the benefits of K2A to senior staff to encourage a culture that empowers people to use knowledge to inform their practice while promoting the skills and capabilities generally to the workforce. We know you need a top down and bottom up approach.
Network provides opportunities to develop skills and share ideas of ways to contribute and raise your profile of your contribution to health and care
Scope and membership
Everyone who supports health and social care staff to find, share or use knowledge to inform their practice
This can
Developing answerable questions from practice and policy issues
Identifying, summarising, synthesising and interpreting knowledge to
support its use in planning, delivering and improving health care
Acting as a navigator by organising and signposting sources of
knowledge
Monitoring and evaluating practice to support learning and improvement
Facilitating groups to work together and share knowledge
Promoting information , digital and health literacy capabilities to the organisation development
not just knowledge access or TRANSFER There is also a requirement to develop a deep, shared understanding of knowledge needs and application through building strong relationships and trust between knowledge brokers and practitioners.
Developed in2013
5 elements in the framework
1: Build capability and capacity. – workforce and organisation
2: Working as a network and collaborating– to support delivery
3: Finding evidence from published and experiential sources
4: Creates knowledge in actionable formats to support decision making
5: Support knowledge exchange and dissemination
We developed a questionnaire from the capability framework
Te results of which are displayed in river diagrams
The blue representing the range of skill levels so in this case as it is the national picture we have people at all levels
The yellow line represents the average so you can see areas where collectively the librarians have greater capabilities
Managers were sent the map representing their local teams and from there they could identify areas they wanted to build skills
So to help with this development we provide a range of opportunities for skill development and managers can refer to the mapping to identify priority areas
Programme of modules delivered over a year
We are reviewing our offerings of opportunities around
Information, digital and health literacies to explore how we can package them in a more coordinated way and currently piloting a range of options which will lead to productuon of materials etc that the network can make use of
For knowledge brokers skill development and for them to cascade to end users
And finally the network is developing a toolkit
Homepage of toolkit
Range of tools but added value is the notes from people experience of using the tools and the ability to call someone to get first hand experience of using the tools
Open on internet but to comment you need to have a NHS Scotland athens
See the handout for details
Janet will now tell us about the specific examples of delivering K2A to for a specific topic