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

Annex H: Integration Principles

Health and Social Care Integration Principles

Under the provisions of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act, regard must be paid to the integration principles as follows:

1. By NHS Boards and Local Authorities, when drawing up their integration scheme

2. By Integration Authorities, when preparing their strategic plan

3. By any organisation which carries out an integration function (i.e. delivers a service commissioned under the strategic plan)

4. By Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Care Inspectorate, in carrying out scrutiny and improvement functions relating to integrated care

The main purpose of the integration planning and delivery principles is to improve the wellbeing of service-users and to ensure that those services are provided in a way which:

Are integrated from the point of view of service-users

• Take account of the particular needs of different service-users
• Takes account of the particular needs of service-users in different parts of the area in which the service is being provided
• Take account of the particular characteristics and circumstances of different service-users
• Respects the rights of service-users
• Take account of the dignity of service-users
• Take account of the participation by service-users in the community in which service-users live
• Protects and improves the safety of service-users
• Improves the quality of the service
• Are planned and led locally in a way which is engaged with the community (including in particular service-users, those who look after service-users and those who are involved in the provision of health or social care)
• Best anticipates needs and prevents them arising
• Makes the best use of the available facilities, people and other resources

For more information see: http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0046/00466005.pdf