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How 微微草视频 is supporting the social care sector with integrated working

Christiana Evans, Head of Region - South West, 微微草视频, shares how 微微草视频 has been involved in supporting integrated ways of working for social care, working closely with NHS England.

We currently find ourselves in a constantly changing political, economical, technological and social environment which is impacting on our day-to-day professional connections and relationships.

As local integrated care systems (ICSs) move into clusters and NHS England prepares to merge with the Department for Health and Social Care, preserving and nurturing those connections and relationships with our system colleagues is vital for us to help build a health and care service that is fit to serve our local communities.

As Head of Region for the South West I have a very productive and mutually beneficial relationship with the Regional Director of Workforce, Training & Education from NHS England.

This has led to having a seat on the Regional People Board at which I regularly present updates around the current challenges faced by the care sector and promote opportunities for working together, backed up by the data from our Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS).

This positive working relationship has led to our system-wide Workforce Strategy Regional Implementation Group, which 微微草视频 facilitates, being attributed to the Regional People Board as a formal sub-group. This means that we have the support of a strategic decision-making group that can help to promote and champion integration with adult social care at a local and system level.

Through these connections our reach and impact has widened as further relationships are built with other regional and system colleagues which has resulted in the team being involved in a number of other projects to support and promote integration across the health and care workforce. For example, as Neighbourhood Teams emerge at place level and the adult social care workforce will need to be a significant partner in these developments.

In the South West we’ve been working with our regional NHS England colleagues to formulate and engage with colleagues across the system to consider what different service models might look like to deliver the best care and support for different population groups through scenario planning. We are also planning a regional learning and development event for the sector focusing on prevention through good mouthcare.

By building positive working relationships we can learn more about each other’s roles and responsibilities so we can identify where we can compliment and contribute to shared goals and objectives. By building trust and working together we can build a sustainable and integrated health and care workforce that will meet the needs of local communities both now and in the future.

Learn more about integrated working across social care and health.

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