Welcome to our latest stakeholder update about progress of the Dorset Care Record. This will be my last update as I have moved to become a Communications Business Partner for Adults and Housing at Dorset Council.<\/p>\n
Two adult hospices join our shared care record<\/strong><\/p>\n Two of Dorset\u2019s adult hospices \u2013 Lewis Manning Hospice Care at Poole and Dorchester-based Weldmar Hospice have joined the Dorset Care Record (DCR). They will be able to provide end of life care information for our core partners as well health and social care organisations across the county.<\/p>\n Two hospices for adults join the Dorset Care Record \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n Additional functionality added to the DCR<\/strong><\/p>\n In January we announced that adult alerts from Dorset Council have been added to the DCR. Among the type of alerts being shared are details of any allergies, serious communicable disease, potential injury risk from the home environment, missing persons, safeguarding alerts and history of violence from service users.<\/p>\n We also announced that nearly 70 alerts from Dorset County Hospital have been added, including allergy alerts such as hay fever, latex, house dust, bees and wasps and alerts around specific medical conditions, such as possible cases of tuberculosis and previous pressure ulcer alerts.<\/p>\n To find out more – Dorset Council adult alerts added to the Dorset Care Record \u2013 Dorset Care Record<\/a> and Additional alerts from DCH available in the DCR \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n Benefits Realisation Management Webinar<\/strong><\/p>\n As part of our ongoing work around benefits, we hosted a webinar on Benefits Realisation Management that was led by NHS England Shared Care Records Programme Benefits Analyst Gareth Curt.<\/p>\n To view the video – Webinar: Top tips for Benefits Realisation \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n New features within our shared care record<\/strong><\/p>\n We have introduced some new features to the DCR this year including the ability to automatically publish documents as well as providing a patient portal upgrade to myDCR – Automatic publishing of documents available through DCR \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n myDCR Case study \u2013 Mark\u2019s story<\/strong><\/p>\n Since last summer, we have been piloting our patient portal, myDCR, involving more than 200 residents across the county, trialling different elements with specific patients. We caught up with Mark, who told us his story – Piloting myDCR \u2013 Our Patient Portal: Mark\u2019s story \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n How the DCR is helping clinicians working with stroke patients<\/strong><\/p>\n We spoke to Becky Jupp at University Hospitals Dorset to find out\u00a0 how she uses the shared care record in clinic and when people are brought in having suffered a suspected stroke.\u00a0 – DCR \u2013 Providing a full picture for clinicians treating stroke patients \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n Five years of the Dorset Care Record<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve grown massively since the launch of the DCR 5 years ago and now have a system which is used by thousands of health and social care professionals. In our latest think piece, our outgoing communications and engagement manager Tony McDougal looked back at the triumphs and frustrations of the past 60 months – Keeping eyes on the goal\u2026 \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Apprenticeships and the DCR<\/strong><\/p>\n We have a long history of utilising apprentices at Dorset Council and for National Apprenticeship Week we ran a number of case studies. To catch up with their thoughts \u2013<\/p>\n Jodie Crowfoot – Apprenticeships \u2013 Providing a rich experience of life \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n Lisa Trickey – National Apprenticeship Week: Lisa Trickey \u2013 A 30 year career in digital \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n Joanna Holmes and Jade House –National Apprenticeship Week: A view from new digital apprentices \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Volunteering on the Jurassic Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n The team joined forces with our sister organisation, Wessex Care Records, to spend half a day litter picking with the Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre manager Ali Ferris on a gorgeous November afternoon. Find out how we got on – Collecting litter along the Jurassic Coast \u2013 Our volunteering day \u2013 Dorset Care Record (dorsetcouncil.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n