56-day prescribing policy in Wales: barriers and facilitators & interventions
The implementation of extendedprescribing intervals, where clinically appropriate, is an important part of the Welsh Government’s efforts to release capacity within primary and community care; specifically within GP practices and community pharmacies. Giving greater flexibility to primary care practitioners to set prescribing intervals that meet patient need, will reduce the time spent on administrative tasks within GP practices and enable community pharmacies to dedicate more time to clinical service provision through delivery of the Clinical Community Pharmacy Service and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing service. All of this activity will release capacity in general practice and reduce demand on urgent care. This project is using the integrated model to explore the barriers to increasing prescribing intervals and then identify a range of potential interventions that can support prescribers in changing their practice. The study is being carried out by a partnership between ICF and The Behaviouralist.
Fisher Engagement Capacity Needs
This project, undertaken by ICF, aimed to improve the way the Marine Management Organisation engages with the fishing industry by analysing the barriers to engagement with the government through a behavioural approach. It used the integrated model of behaviour to explore barriers at each point along the behavioural pathway and suggested a range of solutions. The proposed interventions ranged from those that were low cost and could be implemented quickly to those that would require more time and resources to implement. Download the research report here.
Dallaglio RugbyWorks
Dallaglio RugbyWorks is a sports-for-development programme that uses rugby to engage vulnerable young people and support them to develop mentally and physically, help reduce their behavioural difficulties and improve their life chances, including helping them avoid getting involved in violence. The intervention is being evaluated through a randomised controlled trial funded by the Youth Endowment Fund (part of the What Works Network) and undertaken by ICF, following a intensive co-design period that involved further developing the programme's theory of change using the integrated model of behaviour. The trial protocol can be downloaded here.
