Health Disability Sport Pathway Catherine Chin Health Disability Sport Officer, BCUHB Physiotherapist

Aims of Sessions To understand the partnership Challenge your thinking and perceptions around disability sport To understand the benefits of physical activity and sport To be introduced to the range of disability and inclusive sport and physical activity opportunities in North Wales To be introduced to the new pathway and how to signpost To understand your role in promoting physical activity and sport to disabled people

Principles of the Calls for Action submission Currently only 3.4% (4,704 individuals) of the disabled population of North Wales are involved with sport/ physical activity Disabled populations are traditionally invisible All disabled people come into contact with Health at some point Little formal relationship between health and sport, beyond NERS

Health Disability Sport Partnership 3 year partnership in North Wales BCUHB and DSW Develop strong, sustainable communication links between health and sport Aim to increase participation to 6% (8,602 individuals) by 2017 Develop an accessible, sustainable pathway from health to disability sport Identify 5 performance level athletes

Stopping People becoming Patients

Values/ Missions BCUHB Make it happen by working together for patients. Improve the Health of the population Think about health and health care in a different way- a service based on disease prevention DSW Transforming the lives of disabled people through the power of sport. -Every Disabled Person Hooked on Sport for Life. -A Nation of Disabled Champions.

“People only see what they are prepared to see” (R.W.Emerson, )

Reflections Did you focus more on the impairment than the sport? Were all sports familiar? Could you see or identify the specific impairments? Did you consider the level of participation ?

Meet the former athletes

Benefits of Physical Activity  50% reduced risk of developing vascular disease  50% reduced risk of developing some cancers. up to a 20% lower risk of breast cancer  83% lower risk of osteoarthritis  68% lower risk of hip fracture  30% lower risk of falls (among older adults)  20-30% reduced risk of premature death  30% reduced risk dementia

Benefits of Physical Activity  30% reduced risk stress and depression  Improve self esteem  Improve independence  Improve sleep quality and energy levels  Increased social inclusion

Hear from the parents

Who? Physical Impairment (ambulant) Physical Impairment (wheelchair user) Learning Disability Visual Impairment (blind/ partially sighted) Hearing Impairment (deaf/ hard of hearing) All AgesAll Abilities If one to one support is required this must be provided by the individual as the majority of the clubs/ session/ leisure centres cannot provide this.

Opportunities Disability Specific/ Inclusive Opportunities. Over 30 different sports on offer across North Wales Directories can be found on the intranet/ DSW websiteintranet

The Pathway Contact with Health Care Professional Health Disability Sport Signposting form completed Telephone triage by Sport Development team Meeting with Sport Development Officer Leisure Card Sport Club (disability/inclusive) Physical activity/ sport session Referred to National Exercise Referral Scheme Completed 4-16 weeks of NERS programme

Sport Development Team Sport Development teams based in each local authority. Dedicated DSW Development Officer in each LA. Anglesey- Thomas Rogers Gwynedd- Marcus Politis Conwy- Mark Richards Denbighshire- Brett Jones Flintshire- Donna Bullivant-Evans Wrexham- Leanne Browne

What can you do? Provide your patient’s with timely information on becoming physically active/ involved in sport Motivate them to the benefits (both physical, mental and social). Motivate them to the exciting opportunities Signpost them to the Health Disability Sport Pathway

Support Look on the BCU intranet pages- search ‘DSW’ or ‘Disability Sport’ Disabilitysportwales.com

Questions? Are you happy with how the pathway works? Do you feel confident with who we are asking you to signpost? Would you be happy to signpost?