Local Integration Resources
The Resource Centre contains best practice guidance and case studies that discuss health and local government topics, such as: localism; social care; pooled budgets; joint appointments; emergency planning; shared services and more.Integration (health + local government)
How HealthWatch can help support local economies
Ross Griffiths explores how HealthWatch bodies have the opportunity to support local health economies and their scope for innovation in delivering care.
How to collaborate on joint strategic needs assessments
Wakefield District have pioneered a new collaborative model for building an enhanced Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. Liz Blenkinsop explains.
How to create an IT solution to support integrated local care
How can you create a “ground up” solution to support integrated care and meet local needs – and can this deliver clinical benefits and cost savings? Sean Riddell offers some advice.
How to empower GPs and local commissioners to deliver care
Community GPs and local government taking charge of care delivery is a goal that by Kent Health Commission could soon successfully realise. Paul Carter explains how it’s working.
Why it's vital to improve patient access to information
In an age of instant access to news and data, on the go and 24 hours a day, patient access to healthcare information and decisions remains unreliable and poorly connected. An independent council in Northern Ireland is trying to change this, as Maeve Hully explains.
