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Effective Primary Care has four central features;
1. The first point of contact for all new health needs.
2. Person-centered (holistic), rather than disease-focused, continuous lifetime care.
3. Comprehensive care provided for all needs that are common in a population.
4. Co-ordination and integration of care when a person’s need is sufficiently uncommon so to require special services or provision from another sector (secondary or tertiary care).
This professional resource outlines how providers and commissioners can reduce the population average blood pressure through improved prevention, detection and management.
The Extensive Care service aims to greatly improve care for people who often need it the most by providing one comprehensive service for all of their needs in order to reduce their risk of hospitalisation.
This means all the doctors, nurses, care co-ordinators and other professionals which their needs require are in the same place, working together, to provide the necessary support to keep them well for longer and out of hospital.
The service is aimed at people aged 60 and above who have two or more long-term conditions, such as diabetes or chronic heart problems. People in this category can often find themselves seeing the doctor regularly about a number of different conditions and can feel confused, frustrated and uneasy about where to go for medical help.
The demand for Continuing Healthcare (CHC), packages of care which are arranged and funded solely by the NHS for individuals outside of hospital, is increasing, as is the cost. Staffordshire has been particularly heavily affected, with an average growth rate of 13% over the last three years.
From today, Birmingham and Solihull, Nottingham City, Hertfordshire, Islington, Sheffield and Nottinghamshire will become early adopters in NHS England’s plans to improve care for people with complex needs.
The Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC) programme is aimed at joining up health, social care and other services, including the voluntary and charity sectors, to help people, carers and families have more control over their care needs. It will help ensure that, as health services move towards more local commissioning, those with the most serious needs can still access the best care for their circumstances.
IPC, coupled with personal health budgets (PHBs), empowers disabled people and those with the most complex health needs to use their own expertise to generate innovative solutions for their care. It’s a practical, quality model, of personalisation which enables the delivery of person centred and integrated care at scale. This not only improves outcomes for individuals, but can also significantly reduce cost to the system.
The team – based centrally in one location at Leechmere, Grangetown – aims to support adults who live in Sunderland, who are registered with a Sunderland GP and need short term health and or social care support, that can help to keep them living at home, with care wrapped around them while they’re at their most vulnerable.
Support is tailored to a person’s needs and can be any combination of a short term care package, from nursing to therapy to get them back on their feet without having to be hospitalised or needing long term care. GP support is also available within the service.
The Extensive Care service aims to greatly improve care for people who often need it the most by providing one comprehensive service for all of their needs in order to reduce their risk of hospitalisation.
This means all the doctors, nurses, care co-ordinators and other professionals which their needs require are in the same place, working together, to provide the necessary support to keep them well for longer and out of hospital.
The service is aimed at people aged 60 and above who have two or more long-term conditions, such as diabetes or chronic heart problems. People in this category can often find themselves seeing the doctor regularly about a number of different conditions and can feel confused, frustrated and uneasy about where to go for medical help.
Two vanguards, Fylde Coast (@YCOPFyldeCoast) and Better Local Care (Hampshire) (@BetterLocalCare) presented their ‘story’ at a King’s Fund event and Peter Tinson and Dr Kate Fayers use this blog to discuss their approach.