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.
Staff Recruitment
Social media helps to fill vacant posts and build a more diverse team
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
Community Health and Wellbeing Workers (CHWW)
CHWWs visit households within defined areas so people receive tailored and holistic health and wellbeing support to address health inequalities.
CARE Innovations: Diabetes
Patient activation reduces demand by improving health
Clinical Supervision
Offered personal and professional benefits for all staff
CARE Innovations: Care Homes
Projects reduce admissions and boost quality of life
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