Dumfries and Galloway Diabetes Project ECHO Hub

Why did we join ECHO?

Our aspiration is to:

Share knowledge across a rural setting, with 2481 square miles, 210 miles of coastline, and one general hospital located in Dumfries - wherein much clinical expertise is centred
Extend health and care relationships both geographically and professionally
Use presentations from clinical experts to move, share and discuss knowledge and clinical practices
Use case-based based reviews to flatten hierarchy and to maximise sharing of professional knowledge with healthcare professionals

We saw that the ECHO community, its principles and proven approach is a great fit as part of our vision and current service redesign activities.

In addition, it delivers a key outcome for us maximising the wider team’s clinical effectiveness across the region, in a way that is future-proof, and reduces pressure around recruitment challenges.

Funding from the mPower project, an Interreg funded project has provided temporary additional resources to enable us to be successful with our first initiative.

Milestones and planned work

Q2 2021 – Immersion training for a small number of people with aspirations to commence a test period using ECHO
Q3 2021 – Agreement to resource part-time posts for a specialist and an administrator to deliver a series of ECHO sessions
Q4 2021 – Plan and commence a schedule of ECHO sessions for our people who work with patients with Diabetes
Q4 2021 – Meetings with key senior stakeholders to explore opportunities for growth and continuance
Q1 2022 – Continuance of delivery of a schedule of ECHO sessions, evaluating and improving as we progressed
Q2 2022 – Explore opportunities to utilise diabetes related teaching solutions for other disciplines
Q2 2022 – Prepare evaluation and report to share the benefits and experiences from the test period

Map showing location of Dumfries and Galloway

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