Integrated care leads to improved patient experience, because it means that all teams involved in the treatment of a patient work seamlessly together. To achieve this, secondary, community, and primary care services need to communicated and work effectively with social care, local authorities, and the voluntary sector. Integration may vary at different levels, and can be vertical or horizontal, depending on these levels.
In this blog, Alison Turner considers a report, which shares a summary of findings from an evaluation of the Whole Systems Integrated Care programme in North West London.
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Sarah Carr takes a look at a new NICE Guideline on person-centred, integrated social care support for older people with multiple long-term conditions.
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In this blog, Alison Turner looks at a set of guides aims to explore the challenges and benefits of designing and delivering care closer to home.
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