At IPC, we play a pivotal role in helping organisations collaborate to provide integrated care for local communities. Our approach emphasises co-production, tackling health inequalities, and fostering a positive attitude towards change by building on “what works.” For example, we have supported efforts to streamline assessment and reablement pathways, co-produced innovative strategic and operational plans, and evaluated the impact of new initiatives. These examples highlight our commitment to ensuring that care systems are both efficient and responsive to the needs of the people they serve.
We work closely with Integrated Care System (ICS) partners to explore opportunities for improved systems, processes, and culture. Integrated Care Systems are crucial in delivering efficient, patient-centred care by coordinating services across various sectors. As highlighted by the King’s Fund, there are four key principles for national, regional, and local leaders that give ICSs the best chance of success:
We utilise our 2022 publication Strategic Collaborative Planning & Commissioning to help ICSs deliver in line with each of these principles. In practice, this involves supporting ICS to secure clarity on the long-term vision and challenge them to retain this focus, brokering improved collaboration between system partners (including the VCSE) re-configure care pathways, and capture the views of local people, patients and staff.
Our work addresses a broad range of public health needs, from child and family services to older people’s health. We focus on critical issues of equity, including nutrition, housing, substance misuse, domestic abuse, health psychology and behaviour change, healthy ageing, community health, suicide prevention, physical activity, digital inclusion, chronic disease management, gambling-related harm, family and neighbourhood hubs, and preventative mental health and wellbeing support. We aim to tackle health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health
In addition to working with ICSs to understand their local Core20plus5 health inequality priorities, we encourage system partners to ensure that the wider determinants of health have equal profile in developing an holistic system-wide approach to health inequality.
Katie Lean, Senior Programme Manager, Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley said:
“At my first meeting with IPC, I felt immediately confident they understood what we were seeking. Their wealth of experience and knowledge in evaluation meant they quickly identified our needs and then we worked together to devise a plan forward. They are clear communicators, work collaboratively and deliver on time. We were delighted with the work and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend IPC.”
IPC is committed to involving patients, service users, and community members in our work to improve local experiences and outcomes. Our multidisciplinary teams, which include academics, professionals, ICS leaders, and the voluntary sector, are trusted to deliver creative research approaches that empower communities. We involve them in constructing robust evidence about the effectiveness and appropriateness of local health and care services. One example of this is our work to co-produce Swindon’s Working Together Plan. They say:
We recognise how important it is to work closely with local communities and with providers of care and support services to ensure we get things right…..The new ‘Working Together Plan’ [means we can all] sign a pledge to commit to working together to making Swindon a great place for everyone to live.
It has been co-designed by people with lived experiences of adult social care as well as providers of care and support including Council colleagues, Institute of Public Care, our Integrated Care Board (ICB) partner, members of the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector and regulated providers of care services.
The vision boils down to: ‘Nothing about us without us’. https://lnkd.in/eHQvpC9A
At IPC, we specialise in supporting organisations to deliver efficient, integrated care systems that meet the needs of local communities. Interested in exploring how we can help your organisation foster collaboration and improve care outcomes? Get in touch with us today to discuss tailored solutions.
Discover how IPC has supported organisations in enhancing the quality and effectiveness of Integrated Health and Social Care through our collaborative and research-driven approach:
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