Improving Rehabilitation Services Community of Practice
The web-based resources available here remain open to anyone with an interest in improving rehabilitation services. It is hoped that both the body of work built by the Improving Rehabilitation Service Community of Practice (IRSCOP) and the connections made will be built upon as those passionate about rehabilitation continue to exercise their potential to make a difference.
The NHS Clinical Soft Intelligence service (NHSCSI) was commissioned by NHS England to support the development of the IRSCOP between 2012 and 2016 as part of its Improving Rehabilitation Services Programme. The IRSCOP was a multi-sector, multi professional group used to share intelligence and learning concerning the opportunities and challenges of providing and commissioning good rehabilitation.
Commissioning Guidance for Rehabilitation recognises rehabilitation as a personalised, interactive and collaborative process, reflecting the whole person. It enables an individual to maximise their potential to live a full and active life within their family, social networks, education/training and the workplace where appropriate. Rehabilitation can take place at any time across a life course or in a continuum and may include habilitation, reablement and recovery.
As NHS England now focuses on embedding rehabilitation into its overall clinical priority programmes; the NHSCSI report Improving Rehabilitation Service Community of Practice: Networking for sustainable improvement in rehabilitation proposes that it is vital that people continue to network within and across regions to capture the contribution of rehabilitation and inform regional and local strategic priorities and Sustainable Transformation Plans.
(c) NHSCSI April 2017
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NHSCSI National Rehabilitation Networking Event 8 June 2016
NHSCSI has expertise in creating effective networking events and tools that enable shared learning for creating a change environment and continuous service improvement.18 July 2016
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NHS England Improving Rehabilitation Services Regional Stakeholder Events, April 2016
Presentations from the NHS England Improving Rehabilitation Services Regional Stakeholder Events, held during April 2016 in Leeds, Reading, London and Leicester26 May 2016
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Commissioning Guidance for Rehabilitation - March 2016
As a result of working with NHSCSI, networkers have influenced a range of national products that can be used to inform provision and commissioning, including: Commissioning Guidance for...4 April 2016
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Rehabilitation is everyone’s business: Principles and expectations for good adult rehabilitation
NHSCSI has experience of building a community of practice to create the right change environment. Networkers have influenced a range of national products that can be used to inform provision and...5 October 2015
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Webinars, Vodcasts and Social Media Networking 2015-16
NHSCSI has expertise in developing and delivering Webinars and Vodcasts as an effective method of engaging people on shared learning for issues such as the impact of service improvement,...9 December 2015
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NHS England Conference - "Rehabilitation = Living my life" 31 March 2015
Presentations from the NHS England Conference "Rehabilitation = Living My Life" on 31 March 2015.27 April 2015
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Intelligence gathered to support the dissemination and adoption of good practice – 2014/16
NHSCSI collates soft intelligence and interrogates raw data to draw out emergent themes. These themes represent hypotheses regarding the critical factors for the dissemination and adoption of service...16 January 2015
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Raising the profile of local service improvements – 2014/15
As part of the Improving Rehabilitation Services Community of Practice NHSCSI supported providers in raising the profile of local service improvements taking place or being developed...19 November 2014
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Webinars and social media networking 2014-15
NHSCSI creates webinars that offer learning opportunities to discuss ideas in a live format. These range from issues such unlocking evidence of best practice, better relationships and breaking down...7 November 2014
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Engaging a diverse community in service Improvement programmes
NHSCSI is successful in enabling the voice of a diverse community of stakeholders in influencing major programmes of work. Here is an example.8 October 2014
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Webinars and social media networking March 2014
NHSCSI has expertise in developing and delivering Webinars and Vodcasts as an effective method of engaging people from all professions, agencies and sectors...4 April 2014
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Raising the profile of local service improvements – 2013
As part of the Improving Rehabilitation Services Community of Practice NHSCSI supported providers in raising the profile of local service improvements taking place or being developed...4 April 2014
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Engaging service users, providers and commissioners to describe what good looks like
Commissioned by the Department of Health, NHSCSI recruited a wide range of service users, establishing a Service User Reference Group to gather and analyse data to co-produce a vision of what good...4 April 2014