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It’s the final day of profiling the finalists of the 2015 Bevan Prize for Health and Wellbeing, which you can catch-up on here. Today we’re highlighting the work of Veronica Snow and the Wellbeing Through Work team at Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB.
Veronica Snow
Finalist – Individual category
Veronica Snow is a registered nurse who has been responsible for managing the End of Life Care programme since 2009. The work seeks to improve end of life care in Wales through collaboration across all health sectors on matters of equity, fairness, peer review, user engagement and good governance.
Her vision has resulted in the introduction of seven day working for Clinical Nurse Specialists throughout Wales and a far stronger relationship between voluntary and statutory providers.
Veronica’s commitment to improving palliative care provision has been longstanding. She was the Professional Lead for Palliative Care at the South Wales Cancer Network when the the first Palliative Care Needs Assessment was undertaken and also sat on the Palliative Care Review Group.
The colleague who nominated Veronica said: “As a well respected professional in both a clinical and strategic capacity, her ability to communicate strategic vision, build and sustain relationships across all sectors has created a platform to achieve beneficial change for all requiring End of Life Care.
As a district nurse in 1984, Veronica realised the importance of good quality end of life care, not only for patients, but on the health and well being of the whole family, enabling a normal grieving process to take place and allowing them to move on.
Since that time, Veronica has spent the last twenty years in both a clinical and strategic capacity as a passionate advocate for equitable access to good end of life care for all, wherever they reside. Bringing knowledge gained from clinical experience to influence change.
Improving the experience for dying patients and their families is her only goal, I can think of no one more deserving of this award.”
Wellbeing Through Work
Finalist – Organisation category
The Wellbeing Through Work team is a multi-disciplinary team working with individuals who are at risk of developing work limiting health conditions. They focus on helping people to remain in work by offering short-term early interventions, 80% of which are delivered via telephone support.
People can be referred to Wellbeing Through Work by their GPs, and local businesses are also able to refer their employees who are struggling to manage their health. It has had an observable impact on the local economy, as well as staff and patient wellbeing.
A member of the team said: “GPs have reported that the fast access has enabled them to signpost patients to the service, freeing up more of their consultation time. As the largest referral source, NHS staff has benefited by speedy access to evidence-based interventions and, ultimately, patients have benefited with more staff remaining in work to fulfil the objectives of the Health Board which employs over 16,000 staff.
“The success of the team has now come ‘full circle’ as Jobcentre Plus is purchasing services to support welfare claimants back to work and this is providing income generation that will help to sustain the team deliver the service to a wider population.
“The team also ‘role-models’ key concepts related to promoting health at work, with over 70% of team members undertaking flexible working patters to meet family and carer commitments or to aid work/life balance.”
Read more about Wellbeing Through Work here.
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