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Tayside Health Board pilots
NHS Tayside received an allocation of £1.78 million to support six pilot studies. Brief summaries of all the Tayside Health Board pilots can be found in Appendices N to S.
Using the most deprived deciles of postcode sectors as a broad guide for targeting resources, the Tayside pilots covered a variety of topics including homelessness, mental health, respiratory disease and diet/child health. The Social Dimensions of Health Institute ( SDHI) was commissioned to lead on the summary cross-pilot evaluation and advise on other aspects of pilot specific evaluations.
Tayside reported that all the reports showed an increase in uptake of services offered and that patient satisfaction was high. For example, the pilot to increase breastfeeding rates in deprived areas resulted in a 9% increase in the breastfeeding rate in the intervention areas and the service offered was highly rated by participants. Similarly, the uptake in cardiology services pilot achieved considerable success in engaging hard to reach populations, including ethnic minority participants who are known to be at an increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Therefore, the Tayside pilots, by adopting a proactive, targeting approach to identifying unmet needs, achieved notable success with all pilots reporting increased uptake of services.
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