Making Every Contact Count
(MECC)
• The Health Promoting Workforce Project
• Making every patient contact count
• Whole system approach to cultural change
• Cluster ambition
• CQUIN
Evidence from the
DCHS Health Promoting
Workforce Project has informed the development
of the Regional Toolkit.
Making Every Contact Count is an SHA Cluster Ambition – a
‘must do’ for all NHS Provider
Organisations
All NHS Providers will have to report quarterly to the SHA on
progress
Pathfinder Trust for
Making Every Staff Contact Count
• Funding bid to NHS West Midlands and East –experience of working on MECC agenda
• One year project
• A whole system approach to tackling sickness and absence
• Using a variety of prevention methods
• 500 staff signed up to the Prevention Plan website (a must do)
• Monies only used for staff health and wellbeing
• Closely monitored
Mentorship
• Dame Carol Black & Dr Steve Boorman
Monitoring
• Dr Richard Preece (NICE & NHS Plus)• Reporting to NHS West Midlands and East
• Reporting to DH
UK Preventative Medicine
• US Company
• Not worked with NHS staff in UK
• The Prevention Plan
• Health checks