A co-designed care pathway is helping patients reduce high-dose opioid use and improve their wellbeing while strengthening collaboration across local health and care services.
Opioid use reduced by an average of 33 per cent among those who engaged with the pathway, with some patients becoming completely opioid-free.
Medication Awareness Pathway Support (MAPS) was developed in Fleetwood, Lancashire, through a partnership between Health Innovation North West Coast, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), Fleetwood Primary Care Network (PCN), and Inspire Lancashire, a specialist drug and alcohol service.
Health Innovation North West Coast has done an exceptional job in creating a psychologically safe environment for open discussion, and fostering a productive and supportive atmosphere for our project.
Faye Prescott
NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB