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Realistic Medicine and Value Based Health and Care Casebook

The Realistic Medicine Casebook shows how teams across Scotland are putting Realistic Medicine into practice. It’s a practical guide offering inspiration and support for those adopting its principles and a celebration of progress in transforming care to deliver what matters to the people we care for


Contributors

Community Appointment Days (CAD): A Collaborative Approach to Personalised Care - Laura Sutherland, Lisa Taylor, Alan Bulcraig, Sarah Mclarty, Nick Kinniburgh, Fiona Mackie, Ruth Currie, Alison Peters, Craig Grant, Alison Turner, Shirley McLeod, Kate Mackie, Lynn Owen, Julie Clarke and Mark Russell

Respecting Patient Wishes: Home-Based End-of-Life Care for Acute Heart Attack - Mathew Topping

Partnering with Pharmacists to Improving Migraine Management - Susan Flannery, Katy Styles, Callum Davidson, David Watson, Callum Duncan, Cathy Young, Lesley Coyle, Laura Karim and Sarah Buchan

Supporting Shared Decision Making – It’s Ok to Ask – And BRAN - Anna Lamont, John McAnaw, Natasha Augustus, Gillian Morrison, Carol McCambley and Mario Medina. The State Hospital: Michelle McKinlay

Care Opinion – The Public as Partners in Change - Fraser Gilmore and Shaun Maher

Care Experienced Health Checks - Andrea McKeown, Laura Doherty, Claire McMorland, Jayne Miller, Gemma Duffy

Promoting Prevention & Self-Management: The Ageing Well Tool - Alice Illingsworth and Nicole Davidson

Self-Management, Shared Decision Making and Motivational Interviewing Techniques in Podiatry Care - Allison Livingston

Shared Decision Making with Orkney’s Young People: It’s OK to Ask - Orkney Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MYSP), Orkney Islands Council Education Teaching Staff, NHS Orkney School Nursing Team and Developing the Youth Workforce (Orkney)

Peri-Operative Care of Older People in Surgery - Karen Howe, Helen Jones, Becky Dryburgh, Patsy Bathgate, Catherine Quinn, Sarah Keir

SAS - Improving Shared Decision Making - Reducing Refusals - Owen Williams, Gareth Evans

Enhancing Shared Decision Making in Maternity Care - Amanda Gotch, Zoe Page, Amber Balkwill, Mairead Black, Megan Muir, Gillian Swinscoe, Lesley Altic, Cara Innes and Melissa Lindsay

Project Milkshake: Enhancing Nutrition in Care Homes - Gillian Mackay, Rachel Green, Vic Hilton and Carol Marshal

Incremental Haemodialysis in Inverness - Stewart Lambie, Stuart Ross, and Nicola Joss

Varicose Veins: Analysing Variation to Reduce Waste and Harm – Karen Howe, Andrew Tambyraja and Sarah Keir

Hospital @ Home in NHS Shetland - Katie McMillan, Nova James, Alice Einarsson

Enhancing Blood Management Accuracy: A Value-Based Health and Care Improvement Initiative – Barbara Watt and Angela Thomson, Nicole Priddee, Catherine Purdon

Lidocaine 5% Medicated Plasters - Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Stuart Law, Karen Vint, Sarah Connolly, Emily Kennedy and Heather Harrison

Five-Day Antibiotic Treatment Courses for Respiratory Tract Infections - Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Stuart Law, Karen Vint, Sarah Connelly, Emily Kennedy, Frances Kerr and Andrew Seaton

Improving Asthma Outcomes and Reducing Environmental Impact of Asthma Treatments: Addressing Short-Acting Beta Agonists (SABA) Over-Reliance, and Optimising Asthma Care - Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Stuart Law, Karen Vint, Sarah Connelly, Emily Kennedy, Sandra Barber, Pater Cawston and Sean MacBride Stewart

Delivering a Person-Centred Scottish National Service for GEPNET - Colin Brown, Gillian Petty, Olivia Beattie and Finlay McKay

NES Value Based Health and Care Case Study - Julia Mackel and Ali Keast

KIDZMEDZ - Susan Kafka, Carol Mitchell, James Poole-Cowley, Louisa Pollock, Jane Craig, Susan Ferguson and Louise Thomson

Quality and Value Improvement Skills Courses (QVIS) at NHS National Services Scotland - Andy Longmate, Karen Jenkins and Fiona Hunter

GIRFE – The Team Around The Person Toolkit - East Ayrshire HSCP, Aberdeenshire HSCP, Aberdeen City HSCP, North Lanarkshire HSCP, Orkney HSCP, Fife HSCP, GIRFE Pathfinders: South Ayrshire HSCP, Moray HSCP, Falkirk HSCP, GIRFE Policy Team: Scottish Government

iSIMPATHY - Alpana Mair, Iain Wilson, Stuart Law, Karen Vint, Sarah Connelly and Emily Kennedy

Data-Driven Improvement: Reducing Fresh Frozen Plasma Wastage at Ninewells Hospital - Linda Dubiel and Ailie Grzybek

Contact

Email: realisticmedicine@gov.scot

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