What is House of Care
What is House of Care (HoC)
The Scottish House of Care is a new model for GP Practices to adopt to help support patients with long term conditions.
The model applies a ‘house’ analogy with a roof, two walls and a floor with the centre representing the patient taking part in a care and support planning conversation with the healthcare professional on how best to self-manage their long term condition.
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House of Care Model
At the centre is the conversation between the patient and their healthcare professional.
The roof represents organisational and clinical processes to be put into place.
The right wall is a commitment from the Health and Care Team to partnership working
The left wall is an engaged, informed and empowered patient.
The floor is the variety and amount of formal and informal sources of care that are available to the patient within their community.
Key steps to deliver House of Care:
One – Information Gathering
Administration processes within the practice are adapted to identify patients with a long term condition(s) and invite them into the practice during the month leading up to the month of their birth for annual checks related to their long term condition(s).
These checks could include:
- Blood
- Urine and Foot Checks
- Spirometry (lung function check)
- Pulsoximetry (oxygen saturation)
- Measuring Blood Pressure
- Measuring Weight
This is all completed at a single appointment with the health care assistant and takes place approximately two weeks before the annual care and support planning conversation.
Two – Patient Receives Test Results
Patients receive their test results at home to prepare them ahead of a second appointment with the healthcare professional.
Three – Care and Support Planning Conversation
The key element of the model is the ‘Care and Support Planning Conversation’ between the medical professional and the patient.
The patient is invited to return to the practice for a care and support planning conversation. This may be with a Senior Practice Nurse or GP.
Four – Care and Support Plan
At the end of the care and support planning conversation, a care and support plan for the next 12 months is agreed between the patient and the healthcare professional which may also include signposting to local support within the community to help the patient to self-manage their long term condition.
House of Care – Webinar
Cohort 4 – Update
Due to COVID-19 Pandemic and lockdown restrictions we were unable to deliver the House of Care training in April and May this year. The House of Care Training Team are looking to transfer the training onto a virtual platform with smaller bite size sessions. Provisionally we are looking at end of Sept/Beg of October to reschedule the training.
Cohort 5
Any practices interested in implementing House of Care, Cohort 5 is now open for interest with deadline for applications 30 October 2020. Virtual training for Cohort 5 to be delivered Jan/Feb 2021. If you are interested or would like to read further information please find information leaflet here.
Cohort 5 Application Form here.
Further Information
For further information on the House of Care model please visit:
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Contact Alison Hannan, House of Care Project Lead alison.hannan2@nhs.scot
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