Health and social care - strategic plans: statutory guidance

Glossary of key terms

Core suite of integration indicators

Indicators collated by Public Health Scotland, which are intended to measure performance against the national health and wellbeing outcomes

Integration authority

General term that encompasses both models of integration under the 2014 Act

Integration joint board (IJB)

One of two possible models for forming an integration authority. Functions and resources are delegated by the health board and local authority to a body corporate

Lead agency model

One of two possible models for forming an integration authority. Functions and resources are delegated between the health board and local authority

Locality

A smaller area within the borders of an integration authority, used as an organisational mechanism for local leadership of service planning to feed into an integration authority’s strategic plan

National health and wellbeing outcomes

A set of outcomes, defined by regulations under the 2014 Act, which provide a national framework for measuring the impact of integrated health and social care on the health and wellbeing of individuals

Commissioning

The term used for all the activities involved in assessing and forecasting needs. It links investment to agreed outcomes, considering options, planning the nature, range and quality of future services and working in partnership to put these in place

Procurement

The process of buying goods, works and services from external suppliers. Commissioning provides the context for procurement and contracting to take place