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[Name] Patrick Sachon Health Programme Manager, Met Office [Topic] Pilot of a Direct to Patient Health Forecasting System in Cornwall Met Office and Medixine with funding from Cornwall Social Care and PCT piloted an automated Health Forecasting Service in Cornwall during winter 2006-07. The pilot involved 9 practices and 447 people with COPD. The service alerted people with COPD, using automated telephone calls, to periods when there was an elevated risk of illness. The call was interactive and asked patients two evidence based questions. The system relayed their answers to their GP Practice for follow up. Practices that used the service reduced COPD admission rates by 52% when compared with the previous year. A survey of patients who used the system showed that 89% thought the calls were helpful. [Slot] 22 [Bio] 
Patrick Sachon is the Programme Manager for Health Forecasting at the Met Office. Patrick joined the Met Office in 1999 and and joined the Health Forecasting Team in early 2005. Patrick's main focus since joining the Health Team has been to develop the Met Office's Health Forecasting services to deliver maximum benefit to customers. This has included developing a highly rated Patient Pack and piloting a fully automated service in Cornwall for people with COPD.
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