Main Report of the National Review of Primary Care Out of Hours Services

10 Role of Health and Social Care Partnerships and Integrated Joint Boards

Evidence

The future role of Health and Social Care Partnerships was a recurring theme of the engagement process and professional submissions. There was general consensus that the leadership roles of Health and Social Care Partnerships and Integrated Joint Boards (IJBs) would be key for securing the successful strategic planning and delivery of future OOH and urgent services.

Recommendation 22 relates to the future role of Health and Social Care Partnerships and Integrated Joint Boards

Summary

• Strong leadership for urgent care and OOH services will be required from Integrated Joint Boards (IJBs) and Health and Social Care Partnerships, going forward They must place sufficient priority on the delivery, improvement support and monitoring of quality and safety for OOH and urgent care services (Recommendation 20).
• The strategic planning process of Health and Social care Partnerships and IJBs should look for opportunities for integrated OOH service provision from Local Authorities and the NHS, including co-location opportunities, and the provision of urgent services on a 24/7 basis
• Future models of care should meet local need and focus on early intervention and prevention. Opportunities should be sought to build on success where best practice has been demonstrated of integrated multi-disciplinary health and social work teams providing 24/7 services. These should include partnership arrangements with the third and independent sectors
• Joint organisational development plans should focus on supporting staff to integrate cultures and ways of working and increase mutual respect between professions. There is a need for learning and development strategies to be in place that support strong distributive leadership across professions/sectors. These are crucial factors if effective co-working is to become embedded across IJBs and Health and Social Care Partnerships.

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