Health and Social Care
Birmingham City Council
Providing support to health and social care providers
New Tender for Home Support BCC decommissioned many Care Providers who were allowed to keep existing care packages BCC supported to convert into Direct payment Thus ensuring the providers remained in Business and continued delivering care and employing 1000’s of carers. Secondly commissioned Social Enterprise Support Agency to support providers with developing their Business Plans marketing strategies to explore new business via DP Health Personal Budgets and Self -funders. direct intervention not only kept providers in business also significantly increased Direct payment moving LA from low quartile to Top quartile of LA with high rates.
Cambridgeshire CC
Cambridgeshire Shared Lives Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Project
The Cambridgeshire Shared Lives DASV Project addresses the needs of a survivor of domestic abuse with learning disabilities and/or autism at the same time at the persons care and support needs. The project addresses the national need for more specialised domestic abuse services, and the unfortunate high prevalence of domestic abuse experience for people with learning disability and/or autism. The project has had great successes so far and continue to expand the support offered using other established models of adult social care, ultimately giving more choice to survivors.
Knowsley MBC
Rapid Response Team supports residents to live independently
In Knowsley we understand that people are happiest in their own homes and that remaining independent for as long as possible is what our residents want. We also know that hospital admissions or prolonged stays in hospital can be distressing individuals and put additional pressure on an already stretched NHS. In response to these issues Knowsley Council has developed its Rapid Response team – a team of specialists who work directly with residents to avoid hospital admissions and facilitate safe and effective discharge from hospital to home.The service is already proving effective with Knowsley’s work being highlighted as best
Lancashire CC
Pilot project to enhance mental health discharge process and housing solutions
Lancashire County Council and the Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust launched a pilot project to address delayed discharges from mental health wards due to housing issues. They commissioned six beds in a supported living setting for temporary tenancies, aiding patients' transition from hospital to community. The project, funded by both organisations, emphasises person-centred care, collaboration, and reducing inequalities. Early results show successful support for 18 people, with many securing long-term accommodation and reintegrating into their communities. The initiative highlights the benefits of integrated care systems, streamlined processes, and improved outcomes for individuals and the mental health system.
Leeds City Council
A HomeFirst model for intermediate care
Leeds Health and Care Partnership’s HomeFirst programme addresses the challenges of intermediate care by implementing an integrated, innovative, person-centred model of intermediate care. Key initiatives include joint triage and referral management, a new joint rehabilitation and reablement offer, a new hospital discharge model, and standardised approaches to rehab and recovery beds. The programme's success is supported by a system visibility dashboard and active leadership, fostering collaboration and data-driven decision-making. As a result, more residents are achieving their best outcome whilst simultaneously relieving pressures across the system and unlocking significant financial benefit.
Leicester City Council, Leicestershire CC, Rutland CC with LLR Integrated Care Board and These Hands Academy
Connected Care Programme
The COVID-19 pandemic created a clear priority to upskill care home's digital capability through embedding remote monitoring equipment into care homes, creating a system-wide opportunity to manage deterioration remotely supporting people to remain in the place of their choice for longer. Through our evaluation, we have enabled LLR to move from pilot to scale reaching over 2500 residents to live well in the place of their choice whilst creating system savings and efficiencies in care delivery. Our Continuous Quality Improvement programme has helped to achieve the art of the possible by designing one system for the system.
North Somerset Council
Developing an urgent care response, preventing hospital and care home admissions and supporting a home first approach
We have developed a responsive and proactive 24-hour emergency response service in North Somerset in collaboration with Access Your Care - a private domiciliary care provider - and Sirona Health and Care. With the focussed support of the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) the service has matured to become integral to the future of joined-up community health and social care provision. The service now offers a falls response and short-term emergency care provision, accessed by a number of partners in the ICP. The provider of the service is actively engaged with the Aging Well agenda in North Somerset.
Somerset Council
My Life, My Future adults transformation programme
In 2022, Somerset Council’s adult social care service faced significant pressures, including a projected £13m overspend. To address this, we launched the ‘My Life, My Future’ programme, focusing on improvement through data-driven decision-making. This programme has significantly improved outcomes for residents, improved satisfaction for staff, and is delivering substantial financial savings. Key achievements include a 29% increase in reablement service throughput, a 30% increase in Care Act Assessments and many people with learning disabilities leading more independent lives. The programme is on track to deliver £10m in benefits by FY24/25, with further savings expected in future years.