The Occupational Therapy Show Newspaper - March 2016

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Single-handed Care: For or Against? The question of manual handling, and whether it requires one or two handlers is an increasingly debated subject within local authorities (LA’s). Is it used as means to implement austerity measures, subsequently reducing the adult and social care spend? Historically, there has been an erroneous belief regarding the use of two handlers for specific manual handling tasks. An example of this blanket policy approach can be seen in “Policies and Guidelines: All hoisting is to be carried out by two handlers”. A review of the literature (Phillips, Webb, Richardson) 2013; questioned this approach and highlighted cases where single-handed care was successfully introduced across LA’s. During the East Sussex case judicial review (2003), Lord Chief Justice Mumby stated “the assessment must be focussed on the particular circumstances of the individual case” (Mandelstam, 2011). The Care Act (2014), places the clients’ needs and wishes at the centre of the risk assessment process; a client preferring one carer/handler, ultimately enjoying an improved relationship. Webb and Harrison (2015); discovered that training supplemented with video and safe systems, significantly improves the skills and confidence levels in manual handling. Several factors play a role implementation of this approach:

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• Flexible, holistic and client centred approach to the risk assessment process. • Enables prescribers to challenge objections. • Relevant competency based training and a means of providing a suitable ‘Aide Memoire’. • Excellent communication with all stakeholders. • Simple equipment. Potential barriers and debates

Example 2. Care agency: I have a high turnover of staff, often requiring supervised practice for a few months; this cannot be funded with a single-handed care package. LA’s: Do we need to look at a flexible approach to funding care packages? Example 3. OT Manager: My team are not confident prescribing and demonstrating to families. Equipment supplier: We can arrange more demo days? Online training: We can provide training videos to act as an ‘Aide Memoire’ for staff, including accompanying safe system documents to be left with the client’s family and carers. Other factors to consider: Will there be enough workers for double-handed care packages, as payments to care providers are frozen and the implementation of the national living wage? For further information, please attend the lecture delivered by Jo-anne Webb (University of Salford) and Deborah Harrison (A1 Risk Solutions Limited): 0161 327 2195

Example 1. Service User: I feel unsafe with one worker.

‘Is an Online Manual Handling Resource of Value in a Blended Approach?’

Occupational therapist (OT): Why? Service user: I am worried that they will not remember how to use the new equipment. OT: Would staff being supplied with an aid memoire help?

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OTs to lead in development of professional vision The recently published Health Education England commissioning and investment plan 2016/17 highlights a potentially alarming trend within current Healthcare provision. With 15,503 Occupational Therapists currently employed by the NHS (2015) it predicts that by 2020 this will rise to 21,753. However, this represents a 3.4% reduction in currently commissioned educational positions. It is fair to say that Occupational Therapy funding is by no means the only profession to see funding reductions; physiotherapy and podiatry are among a wider group. The obvious thing to note from the report is that it is Allied Health professionals David Oliver, The King’s Fund taking the hit whereas professions such as General Practitioners and paramedics see a sharp increase in investment. In December 2015 The Kings Fund published a blog from visiting fellow David Oliver which states: ‘They (AHP’s) are highly trained and professionally autonomous practitioners, yet too often their vital contribution is marginalised in a public discourse that tends to refer only to ‘doctors and nurses’. This needs to change.’ David Oliver is right, it does need to change. Unfortunately the NEE report suggests that the change is a downward curve rather than the increase in resources and recognition he is suggesting. With a focus on the medical model professionals there is the obvious risk that patient’s complex and holistic needs are not met, increasing readmission and extending in-patient stays, negating the aims behind

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