The Online Health and Well-being Assessment
for the Over 50’s in Wales
Susan J Mably
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Background
• Programme for Government
Commitment
• Working with Welsh Government
• Minister’s announcement
4 February 2013
• Phased approach
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Phase 1
• February 2013- March 2015
• February- October 2013
– development of the content, ICT platform
and prototype – co-production approach
– training of community-based workers and
volunteers
– early focus group testing- concept and
branding
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Phase 1 (cont)
• October - December 2013
– roll out to 10 Communities First clusters
• December 2013- March 2014
- opportunistic online access
• April 2014 onwards
- targeted invitation to 43K people
reaching 50
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Important Questions and
Considerations
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Lack of evidence base and evaluation
Digital Exclusion and equity of access
Potential to increase demand on services
Lower age group for some parts of the
population?
• Links to existing validated tools
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Important Questions and
Considerations
• What questions do we need to ask
and why? Do we have enough
information on local services,
resources etc?
• False reassurance/ unnecessary
worry?
• Upper age limit for some questions?
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Current Focus
• Marketing in Roll Out areas
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ICT Testing requirements
Ministerial/ Director of NHS Views
Evaluation- working with external team
Prep for April national roll out
Response to feedback.....
Weather the political reaction?
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Engagement
• In the development- concept and
content
• In the implementation
• Securing strategic buyin/attempting to calm fears
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Public Health Wales
Context
• A resource for us to build and grow- “a
gateway to modern preventative services”
• A learning opportunity – broaden out across
the lifecourse
• Our responsibility to make access to quality
assured, evidence based information and
advice as easy as possible
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Questions/ Discussion
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