Portsmouth LINk Group Priorities Scoring List

Portsmouth LINk Transition Group Priorities List

A number of issues regarding health and social care in Portsmouth have been highlighted to the transition group through public meetings, engagement with the local community and engagement with local health and social care providers. In order to ensure that the work of the group is transparent and meets the needs of the community we serve these issues need to be prioritised. Through researching the methods of weighting or prioritising issues in other LINks, a priority setting framework used by the Knowsley LINk was assessed. This scheme uses five criteria to quantify the range, scope and impact of issues within the community. These five criteria are:

·        Severity: is the condition/concern life threatening or lead to chronic life implications? This criterion requires the use of health outcomes.

·        Frequency: how many people have this condition/concern? This criterion requires the use of national or local statistics, or evidence based on clinical reporting. This information was found through the Office for National Statistics, the Health Profile for Portsmouth and other official health documents.

·        Risk: how many people may be affected by this condition/concern in the future? This criterion required the use of some health forecasting where available and objective analysis of risk factor trends.

·        Impact on the community: what is the current impact on the community of this condition/concern, are underrepresented or vulnerable groups being impacted? Will the impact increase if it is not addressed? This criterion used information derived from the above criteria in addition to anecdotal evidence and expertise of transition group members where appropriate.

·        Feasibility of response: What are the possible responses to the condition/concern? Are resources available to the group in order to respond? Does the transition group possess the relevant and necessary skills and abilities to implement the response? This criterion required discussion of the possible responses, the work already carried out by the LINk, previous attempts to engage with health and social care providers on these issues as appropriate and the resources and abilities available to the group.

·        Commitment: Is there wider local support for addressing this condition/concern? Are there government programmes in place? Are other community groups engaging in this issue? This criterion required discussion of local and national health and social care priorities as well as local independent responses to conditions/concerns by third party organisations.

The transition group including voting and non-voting members discussed these criteria over two meetings. Each voting member gave each condition/concern a score out of ten for each criterion. The results of these votes are in the table below. Once all scores had been given, an average score was created which resulted in the priorities list. These scores whilst evidence based are subjective and are applicable to a specific context, as such other groups undertaking the same exercise may have different results. 

 

 

 

 

	Severity	Risk	Impact on Community	Feasibility of Response	Wider Commitment	Score
Dual Diagnosis	9.5	8.6	10	3.4	6.2	7.54
Homelessness Service	8.4	9.2	9.8	3	6	7.28
Detox Services	9.6	6.6	9.6	6.4	4	7.24
End of Life Care	8.6	6.8	7.8	3	5	6.24
Transfer of Care	5.4	5.2	7.4	6.8	3.2	5.6
Vascular	9.2	4.8	6	1	1.4	4.48
Children’s Dental Health	5.2	6.2	8.8	1	3	4.3
OOH Messages	3.4	4.2	0.8	1.2	9	3.72