UKABIF Time for Change Summit · Monday 9 November 2026
See the pattern sooner
Melo brings structured behavioural observations into one shared picture, helping clinical teams see patterns across time and bring clearer evidence into clinical decisions.
- Stand
- 24
- Room
- Pier Eight
- Venue
- The Lowry, Salford
- Date
- Mon 9 Nov 2026
Where Melo fits
What Melo does on a ward
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Record at the point of care
Nursing, care staff, therapy and psychology record the same structured behavioural observations on the ward, in moments rather than at the end of a shift.
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See the pattern sooner
Graphs, timelines and triggers build themselves as the team records, so the picture is already there when the decision arrives.
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Evidence every decision
Charts the whole MDT can stand behind, in ward rounds, funding conversations, reviews and step-down decisions.
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Patient story · Specialist neurorehabilitation
Hunger, empty hours and too much at once
After a traumatic brain injury, Dean arrived at The Oakleaf Group disoriented, with limited speech and frequent episodes of aggression. Staff recorded his episodes in Melo from his first day. Across the record, three patterns became visible.
Choose a pattern to follow it from the first record to the change in Dean’s care.
Hunger
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Assess
Record at the point of care
New episode record
What was happening at the time?
- Hungry
- No planned activity
- Several people talking
- Personal care
Added to the record
Episodes recorded from his first weeks, while he was still disoriented.
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Formulate
See the pattern
Through the day
- Breakfast
- Between meals
- Lunch
- Between meals
- Evening meal
- Aggression more likely
- Mealtimes
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Intervene
Agree what to change
Behaviour support plan
Offer snacks between meals
Aggression was more likely between meals. The team added snacks between meals to his behaviour support plan.
Agreed by the team
Empty hours
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Assess
Record at the point of care
New episode record
What was happening at the time?
- Hungry
- No planned activity
- Several people talking
- Personal care
Added to the record
Recording carried on as he joined more therapy sessions.
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Formulate
See the pattern
Through the day
- Physiotherapy
- Unstructured
- Occupational therapy
- Unstructured
- Speech and language
- More aggression
- More hope and purpose
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Intervene
Agree what to change
Behaviour support plan
Follow his structured activity timetable
More aggression was recorded during unstructured time. The team introduced a structured timetable of activities.
Agreed by the team
Too much at once
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Assess
Record at the point of care
New episode record
What was happening at the time?
- Hungry
- No planned activity
- Several people talking
- Personal care
Added to the record
When agitated, he gave staff clues about what helped.
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Formulate
See the pattern
Around him
- Several people talking at once
Too many people talking at once left him overwhelmed.
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Intervene
Agree what to change
Behaviour support plan
One team member speaks to him, clearly, when he is distressed
Several people speaking at once left Dean overwhelmed. The team agreed that one person would speak to him clearly when he was distressed.
Agreed by the team
The pictures are simplified to show what Oakleaf’s clinicians found. They are not screens from Dean’s record.
The outcome
These changes formed part of a wider rehabilitation programme. The team used Melo’s graphs in regular reviews to show Dean’s progress and support the case for extending his funding.
After six months, Dean was discharged to his own home with community support. No episodes of aggression had been recorded in his final two months.
Dean is not his real name. This is one patient story and may not reflect what happens for other patients or services. His progress came from rehabilitation, treatment, support and his recovery after brain injury. Melo gave his clinical team a shared record to work from.
Dean’s six months at Oakleaf
- Arrives at OakleafAbout a month after a traumatic brain injury, disoriented and with limited speech.
- Recording startsStaff record his episodes in Melo from the day he arrives.
- His support changesWhat the record shows goes into his behaviour support plan.
- Progress is sharedGraphs from Melo sit at the centre of his funding reviews.
- He goes homeDischarged to his own home, with community support.
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