Barriers and drivers for NHS libraries

The barriers and drivers game can be used to identify blockers and opportunities.

The barriers and drivers game is adapted from the popular forehead detective game. In this game, a post-it note with a name on is placed on a participant's forehead. They must then guess who they are by asking a series of yes / no questions.

Aim

To work out the barriers and drivers for NHS Libraries and patient and public information.

How to play

There are many variants of this, but the principle remains the same.

  1. A pile of upside-down post-it notes are put on every table or handed out before the activity begins.
  2. One person takes a note from the bottom of the pile.
  3. That person has either a barrier or driver stuck on to their forehead in a way that everyone can read the name except them.
  4. By asking questions with yes/no answers, everyone has to work out what driver or barrier they are.
  5. Once one person has guessed their post-it note the next workshop participant picks up a note and sticks it to their forehead and this happens until everyone has had a turn or the time for the activity has run out!

Barriers

  • security
  • resources
  • facilities
  • funding
  • time
  • training

 Drivers 

  • improve patient care

  • improve health literacy

  • enable self-care