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Can collaborative working improve diabetic retinal screening rates in individuals also diagnosed with a severe mental illness?

Zoe S Sherwood, John Sandford and Sarita Jacob
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2022-0008
Future Healthc J May 2022
Zoe S Sherwood
ABirmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
Roles: inpatient diabetes specialist nurse
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John Sandford
BBirmingham, Solihull and Black Country Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, Birmingham, UK
Roles: retinal screener/grader
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Sarita Jacob
CBirmingham, Solihull and Black Country Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, consultant ophthalmologist, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK and honorary professor, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Roles: ophthalmology lead
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Abstract

Aim We aimed to create a collaborative data sharing project between two NHS trusts to improve attendance and access to diabetic retinopathy screening in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI).

Methods The eligible patient lists were analysed before and after interventions to assess their effectiveness over two data runs.

Results Screening attendance rates increased by 31% and 25% in the data runs; a significant number of patients (15%) who were screened required onward referral to hospital eye services. Patient registrations increased from 35% to 86% for previously not registered individuals. Inpatients were around 50% more likely to get screened and registered than community patients.

Conclusion Information sharing and collaborative working between services can improve patient health outcomes, increasing the number of eligible individuals with SMI registered and improving attendance. The project shows the potential for future data sharing collaborations, highlighting the need for further improvement, development and investment.

KEYWORDS:
  • diabetes
  • health inequalities
  • retinal screening
  • collaborative care
  • severe mental illness
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Future Healthc J May 2022, fhj.2022-0008; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2022-0008

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Zoe S Sherwood, John Sandford, Sarita Jacob
Future Healthc J May 2022, fhj.2022-0008; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2022-0008
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