Transcript Presentation by Andrew Kean (ppt - 224Kb)

Andrew Kean
Head of Delivery and Capacity Building
Housing Care and Support Division
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
Links between Supporting People and
Health Commissioners
London and South East LIN
14 October 2004
The Objectives
 For vulnerable people - quality of life and independence
 Services - high quality, planned, cost effective,
complement existing care services
 The planning and development of services to be needs
led
 A working partnership of local government, housing
associations, support agencies and service users.
The Glue
Source : Salford City Council
The Theory / Vision
 Strategic oversight and commissioning through a
partnership of authorities, Probation and Primary
Care Trusts (Commissioning Body)
 Collaborative working with broader health and other
partners on local strategies for SP and for client
groups (Core Strategy Group)
 Joint commissioning, procurement, management
and delivery of service
 Integrated packages of housing, housing-related
support, social care and health care
The Benefits
 A positive impact on:
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improved health and mobility;
reducing admissions to hospital;
reducing length of stay and delayed discharge from hospital;
reducing visits to A&E;
improving access to primary care services for vulnerable
people;
 increasing use of treatment services (for example, drug
treatment services);
 promoting stability in lives which gives the chance to plan
ahead, which can reduce psychological distress;
 and freeing up of capacity to treat other groups and meet
other health targets.
The Practice
 Patchy PCT attendance at Commissioning Body
meetings
– generally 1/5 of meetings missed*
– approx. 7 Commissioning Bodies have not seen a PCT
representative across last three meeting cycles*
 Feedback indicates difficulty in getting
understanding, engagement, etc.
 But also growing evidence of positive working and
experiences
* approximate data, based on Administering Authority Milestones returns to ODPM
The Reasons ?
 Where it is not working, we tend to hear :
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SP and health planning timescales did not always fit in
PCTs only focus on their DoH targets
SP budget is small compared to health
PCTs are struggling under initiative overload
PCTs do not understand how Supporting People can
contribute to meeting their targets AND
– SP teams do not understand how to get health partners
engaged
The Solutions ?
 Health pilots - 6 projects to gather evidence of
effective joint working and of SP support for health
objectives
 Making sure SP is appropriately flagged up in key
health documents
 Helping SP teams understand how to demonstrate
their relevance to local health strategies
 BUT….
– What else can we all be doing to support and improve
linkages?
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