The PrescQIPP annual work plan is created in collaboration with their subscribers (made up of CCGs, CSUs and the Welsh/NI Health Boards), via local and national meetings and online consultation.
Self care was identified as a priority for the 2015/16 work plan and the addition of videos to support implementation of the self care and other resources had been mentioned multiple times by subscribers. PrescQIPP hope that introducing video as a new format will support their subscribers in their work on self care.
Michelle Harrison, PrescQIPP’s Operations Manager has been working with Health and Care Videos on this new addition to PrescQIPP’s resources. ‘We create resources for up to 50 topics each year and so any videos that we produce to support our resources need to be cost effective. Meeting Health and Care Videos and discussing the possibility of using video has proved that this can be done and it also seemed like a good fit between our organisations as we are both focused on creating content for health and care providers to improve patient care in a ‘do once and share’ approach’.
The result of this collaboration was the production of two NHS branded self care videos – one public and one clinician facing. The videos are to be freely available to all PrescQIPP subscribers with non-subscribers being able to purchase them either Health and Care Videos directly.
Michelle goes on to say ‘The whole production process was simple, clear and quick. We provided Health and Care Videos with the brief, they then drafted the scripts which then went through the PrescQIPP quality assurance process and out for comment to patient engagement groups, to ensure watertight content. We are very pleased with the results and very keen to get the videos out to our members for them to start supporting their patients to improve awareness around self care’.
To view the videos and find out how to order a copy, either subtitled or not visit the PrescQIPP webkit - bit.ly/1oRA6is
About PrescQIPP
PrescQIPP produce evidence-based resources and tools for primary care commissioners, and provide a platform to share innovation across the NHS. Most of their materials are publicly available, however since PrescQIPP’s spin out from an NHS Strategic Health Authority in 2013, has grown to build a successful subscription-based model, providing a range of data and intelligence tools, webinars and events for over 75% of the UK commissioning organisations www.prescqipp.info