Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Ambition: Coproduction, Risk Stratification, and integrated Health and Social Care Teams across multiple long term conditions

Two key innovations are already being introduced in health and social care services in Leeds: the use of risk stratification and the integration of health and social care teams. These will enable the proactive and systematic management of people identified as being at risk of needing health and social care.  

The partnership in Leeds will build on this work to bring a strong emphasis on personalised care and co-production. The project will establish a third innovation - a systematic approach to self management at a neighbourhood level.

The partnership - composed of the senior executives and frontline staff from Leeds Community Healthcare, the three clinical commissioning consortia, NHS Leeds, Leeds Partnership Foundation Trust, LINK representatives, public health and adult social care commissioners - wants to deliver better outcomes for those most at risk. It will test integrated teams delivering person centred assessment and care in three neighbourhoods and then roll out this approach across the whole Leeds area.  

The Leeds team has now set up groups in each of the three neighbourhoods and is developing ideas around specific coproduction strategies for each locality.

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