projects designed to test out new ideas in practice . One of these projects is supporting urgent and emergency care ( UEC ) services in SYB . Within UEC , it was agreed that the management of respiratory diseases was an area experiencing increased pressures .
To date , this project has trained 30 frontline staff in cognitive behavioural therapy ( CBT ) techniques to reduce anxiety and anxiety-triggered exacerbations in respiratory patients , resulting in reduced contact with urgent and emergency care . Staff also completed learning on an online platform which complimented their training .
We are now moving into the implementation and evaluation phase for this work and the Hub is working with York Health Economics Consortium ( YHEC ) to evaluate the project ; with a final report expected in 2023 .
Continuing our support with the urgent and emergency care workstream , we have managed and delivered an Innovation Award scheme in the SYB region . The aim is to pilot new and existing ideas to improve the urgent and emergency care landscape around the following priority areas :
• Integrated Urgent Care
• In-Hospital Admission avoidance
• Discharge
The scheme launched in September 2021 and is designed to quickly test ideas before being accelerated for wider adoption throughout the system .
A total of £ 250,000 was distributed between four successful applicants across SYB . These projects will run for 12 months , with project teams working closely with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration UEC Team based at the University of Sheffield , to assess the benefits to patients .
Funding success
Our work with the Active + Me cardiac rehabilitation platform and the teledermatology app , Skin Vision , has led to the SYB ICS winning two
NHSX Digital Partnership Awards , one of the highest success rates for an ICS in the country .
SYB was one of 11 integrated care systems in England to be awarded a digital partnership fund , receiving a total of over £ 360,000 to encourage the uptake of transformational digital solutions like Active + Me and Skin Vision .
Active + Me
The Active + Me remote monitoring software supports patient self-care , including patient education and has a range of devices including blood pressure and pulse
SYB Innovation Award to improve urgent and emergency care
£ 250k distributed between four successful applicants across SYB
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