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Improving Care, Health and Wellbeing David Behan

Explore the role of local government and PCTs in addressing health inequalities, focusing on improving care and promoting wellbeing for all. Understand the challenges faced in delivering quality healthcare, and discover solutions through partnership working, cultural change, and tailored interventions. Learn about the opportunities presented by transformation programmes and universal services in enhancing choice and control for individuals receiving care.

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Improving Care, Health and Wellbeing David Behan

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  1. Improving Care, Health and WellbeingDavid Behan Inequalities and Wellbeing – Working Together 20th May 2008

  2. Role of DH • Better health and well-being for all • Better care for all • Better value for all

  3. Role of local government • Promoting the social, economic and environmental wellbeing • Place shaping • Community leadership • Establish LSP

  4. Role of PCTs • Improving health • Improving healthcare • Local leadership of the NHS

  5. What is the problem? • Quality of healthcare and social care has improved • Health has improved but not everyone has the same opportunity for health and wellbeing • 1.5 million people die each year through early death

  6. Some specifics • People with learning disabilities are • 58 times more likely to die before the age of 50 when compared to the general population • and 4 times more likely to have a preventable cause of death • Carers UK report - In Poor Health • Analysis of the Census shows that nearly 21% of carers providing over 50 hours of care say they are in poor health compared to nearly 11% of the non-carer population.

  7. What is the solution? • The challenge is greater than any one organisation can manage • Work across system and networks • Challenge to leadership • Challenge to achieving cultural change which people own

  8. The overarching role for LSPs • The LSP consists of all the key players in a local area who deliver services. ‘LSPs will provide the forum for setting the strategic vision for an area, for capturing that vision in the Sustainable Community Strategy, and for agreeing priorities for improvement in the LAA’ (LGWP 2006) …..Delivering on this shared vision will require partnership working to be the day job through… • Jointly identifying priorities • Co-ordinating consultation activities • Co-ordinating alignment of resources • Collective performance management • The leadership role for local authorities (driving consensus on priorities, community representation and scrutiny);

  9. Putting People First New Deal for Carers Strong and Prosperous Communities Reforms in progress Our Health, Our Care, Our Say – Independent Living Strategy Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods NHS Next Stage Review Opportunity Age Government vision

  10. Achieving cultural change • Recognise cultural capital influences how people make decisions • Be clear about the population target and how behaviour is affected by cultural factors • Use segmentation and profiling • Tailor and personalise policy interventions • Communicate and engage • Big change occurs over the long term

  11. Establishes a collaborative approach Sets out shared aims and values to guide transformation of adult social care Everyone who receives care and support will have choice and control System is universal Intervention is early Transformation programme

  12. Putting People First UNIVERSAL SERVICES PREVENTION SOCIAL CAPITAL CHOICE & CONTROL

  13. What are the opportunities? • JSNA • World Class Commissioning • NIS and Vital Signs • LAA • CAA • CQC • JIP/REIP

  14. Thank you David Behan, Director General Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships

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