Sharing Ideas Event 2 | Co-Production Collective

Posted on behalf of the Co-production Collective:

Please see below Microsoft Teams joining details for the second ‘Sharing Ideas Event’ on Wednesday 2nd March at 13:00 – part of the NHS England & NHS Improvement Hearing Checks in residential special schools project.

Please note: as a result of feedback from attendees we have shortened the session to 2 hours and will be focussing on one specific area that we think will be very useful to the project going forwards. We would like to discuss the types of questions we should be asking ourselves and children/young people in advance of them receiving a hearing check. We want to ensure that experience is positive and valuable for the children/young people involved.

Session details

• When: Wednesday 2 March 2022, 13:00 – 15:00 (with a break included)
• Where: online via Microsoft Teams (click here to join the meeting)
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The intention is for the session to be recorded in the main room, not in breakout rooms.

Do I need to do anything in order to attend the session?

• Yes, please have a read of the Session Outline document here: HearingChecks_SharingIdeas_020322_Outline_Midlands 2
• Please also read the Ways of Working document here: Co-ProductionCollectiveWaysofWorkingEasyRead
• The Jamboard notes (the online whiteboards) from event one are here: Midlands 010222 Sharing Ideas – Jamboards

If you have any questions or would like assistance in using Microsoft Teams, please feel free to get in touch with Shaun (shaun.taylor@ucl.ac.uk) or Nicc (n.pascal@ucl.ac.uk).

If you would like to know more about the Hearing Checks project please:

• Have a read of the project scope outlined below
• Watch this video about hearing checks

 

Hearing Checks in Residential Special Schools and Colleges: Sharing Ideas Events

Background 

We are in the early stages of developing a hearing checks service delivery model for children and young people in residential special schools, aimed at meeting the NHS Long-Term Plan commitment.

“…we will work with partners to bring hearing, sight, and dental checks to children and young people with a learning disability, autism, or both in special residential schools.”

As part of our commitment to co-produce this programme, we have partnered with The Co-Production Collective at University College London to run a series of sharing ideas events in each region and try to develop what a good hearing check may look like, with the aim of developing pilot projects with schools to evaluate the approach.

At these events, we hope to bring together a broad range of relevant stakeholders including children and young people with lived experience, parents, school staff, people who work in health, education, and social care. We hope that this process will help foster innovation and develop more accessible and acceptable hearing checks for children and young people in residential special schools, and ensure we develop a model that is sustainable so that no child is left behind.

Scope 

• Children and young people aged 4-25 who attend a residential special school that supports individuals who have a learning disability and/or are autistic.
• We will take a whole-school approach. All children and young people within a setting that meets the above criteria will be able to access checks, no matter their residential or health status.
• The check aims to identify peripheral and conductive hearing loss; however, we are aware that sensory processing is an adjacent issue but may think about how we can highlight the need for further consideration
• We want to think about what happens before the checks in terms of consent, observation, education, preparation, and familiarisation.
• We want to think about what happens during the check, the clinical and social aspects.
• We want to think about what happens after the check. The referral pathways, the reporting system, the support, and reasonable adjustments required for children and young people, schools, and parents, and the regularity of the check.
• We want to keep in mind the commissioning processes that will enable this delivery model to happen.
• We want to make recommendations around research and policy.

If you have any further questions about the programme or this scope, please contact Jack Stancel-Lewis: j.stancel-lewis@nhs.net