How CCGs are driving integration for their patients and local populations

"Through a series of case studies – drawing on the work of CCGs across the country – a picture emerges of organisations committed to developing a more coordinated system. It is a system focused on wellbeing as well as illness, and one that places a premium on the needs and preferences of patients and carers. And while it may not be the sole solution to the NHS’s cost savings challenge, it is an important contributor."

Leading local partnerships: How CCGs are driving integration for their patients and local populations
NHS Clinical Commissioners
October 2014

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Voluntary organisations experiences of local health organisations

"In March 2014 NAVCA published three research briefings exploring local charities and voluntary organisations attitudes and experiences of local health organisations. The three reports explore the extent to which they feel able to influence Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNA) and the nature of their relationship with local clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local Healthwatch."

Find out more and access the reports here.

Community services: How they can transform care

"The ambition to move care closer to home has resulted in some reduction in lengths of stay in hospital, but further significant changes are needed in the way care is delivered."

Community services: How they can transform care
Nigel Edwards
The King's Fund
February 2014

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Providing integrated care for older people with complex needs

"This report synthesises evidence from seven case study programmes, each from a different country, that are successfully delivering integrated health and social care for older people with complex needs. The aim is to identify lessons for policy-makers and service providers to help them improve how care is designed and co-ordinated."

Providing integrated care for older people with complex needs: Lessons from seven international case studies
Nick Goodwin, Anna Dixon, Geoff Anderson, Walter Wodchis
The King's Fund
January 2014

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Reforming healthcare systems on a locally integrated basis

"Health system reforms aimed at creating geographically based networks influenced primary healthcare practices both among themselves (horizontal collaborations) and with hospitals (vertical collaborations)."

Reforming healthcare systems on a locally integrated basis: is there a potential for increasing collaborations in primary healthcare?
M Breton, R Pineault, JF Levesque, D Roberge, R Borges Da Silva, A Prudhomme
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:262

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