Forming Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INTs) around ‘natural’ communities – the Dorset approach
Our work in Dorset was initially focused on older people but quite quickly it became apparent that there was a desire to adopt this as an all-age approach. This emerged from an extensive listening exercise involving around 150 people.
Community Singing Groups
Can reduce anxiety at much lower cost than Talking Therapy
Chronic Disease Care
Personalised multimorbid reviews can improve uptake and save GP time
Staff Recruitment
Social media helps to fill vacant posts and build a more diverse team
CARE Innovations: Care Homes
Projects reduce admissions and boost quality of life
CARE Innovations: Diabetes
Patient activation reduces demand by improving health
Planetary Health
Without planetary health there can be no population health – this is about future climate breakdown and also the environment that many communities live in today.
Better patient activation results in better outcomes
Dr Minesh Patel’s insight feature in The Times Health Supplement.
The importance of community-centric healthcare
Read Katrina Percy, NAPC Deputy CEO’s interview with The Times Health Supplement.
