WWW.IRISI.ORG WHAT IS IRIS? The health service plays an integral role in addressing the issue of and transforming responses to domestic violence and abuse BEHIND EVERY (DVA). The IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety) programme is a training, referral IRIS REFERRAL IS A WOMAN BEING and advocacy model to support clinicians to better PROVIDED WITH VALIDATION OF support their patients affected by DVA HER EXPERIENCES AND A SAFE and to increase the awareness of domestic violence SPACE TO ARTICULATE WHAT'S and abuse within general practice. IRIS provides HAPPENING TO HER specialist DVA training to clinical professionals, alongside administration staff, within local GP surgeries. Our training supports clinicians to recognise and respond to patients affected by DVA, and provides a direct referral route to a named advocate in a local, specialist DVA service. "Fabulous training. 33 years in "I am so glad I have been nursing and it has never been on this training: Life covered before re health issues Changing" and DVA. Thank you. IRIS Trained Clinician IRIS Trained Clinician THIS PROGRAMME IS BASED ON THE SUCCESS OF A RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL. IRIS IS THE BEST PRACTICE FOR A HEALTHCARE RESPONSE TO DVA. 80% OF WOMEN IN A VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP SEEK HELP FROM HEALTH SERVICES AT LEAST ONCE (USUALLY GENERAL PRACTICE) AND THIS MAY BE THEIR FIRST AND ONLY CONTACT WITH PROFESSIONALS (Department of Health) For more information please visit our website, and get in touch with the team if you have any questions. http://irisi.org WWW.IRISI.ORG WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE WITHIN YOUR LOCAL AREA? We expect the programme to be predominantly funded and commissioned by local Health Boards. In Wales, however, initial funding for sites to date has come from the office of the local Police and Crime Commissioner with local Health Boards then taking over the running and funding of the programme. The IRISi team will work with you to successfully implement the service in your area. IRISi will also work with specialist DVA service providers to develop a business case and source funding to deliver the IRIS programme locally. With IRISi’s support, each IRIS site recruits a local IRIS team, consisting of one or more Advocate Educators (AEs) and Clinical Leads. The local team works together in order to deliver the training and offer continued support to practices. AEs will also provide specialist DVA support to the patients referred into service. We will work with you to calculate the number of AEs needed according to the total patient population in the area. It is important that the project sits within the local DVA specialist service that can support both the overall project and the AE. IRISi’s Regional Managers provide ongoing expert advice and consultancy for the local IRIS team as well as the wider commissioning team. WHAT ARE THE RESULTS? To March 2019, IRIS programmes have received 15,601 referrals and trained over 1,000 general practices in 39 localities in England and Wales. The result of IRIS programmes in an area is not only better-informed clinical practice, improved responses and support for patients experiencing DVA, but ultimately lives changed and saved as a result of its successful implementation. Informed NICE guidance Cited as best practice (by the Department of Health) Cost effective Nationally recognised Evidenced based practice For more information please visit our website, and get in touch with the team if you have any questions. http://irisi.org
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