Jargon Buster - Joined-up health and social care Category

Joined up, coordinated health and social care that is planned and organised around people and families. This may also involve integration with other services, for example housing.

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Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) replaced Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in the NHS in England from 1 July 2022.

ICBs are responsible for developing plans and arranging services to meet the health needs of people living in a particular geographic area.

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A description of what it looks like in an area when health and social care work together for people. The model explains what needs to happen, what the outcomes will be for people, and what the wider benefits are.

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An organisation that brings together different health and care services in a single system in a specific local area.

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Integrated care systems (ICSs) are partnerships that bring together the health and care organisations in a particular local area, serving anywhere between 600,000 and million people, to work together more closely and provide joined-up care and support. The 42 integrated care systems replace the old NHS clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and lead on funding and planning healthcare services in their local areas.

Each ICS is made up of an integrated care board (ICB) and an integrated care partnership (ICP).

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A single personal budget that covers the health and social care support a person may need. It is being introduced gradually, and is currently only available in some areas. Also known as a ‘joint personal budget’, it means the person has a single care plan, control of the money needed to fund their care and support, and can make decisions about how this money is spent to best meet their needs.

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A partnership between the Local Government Association and NHS England launched in April 2015 that aimed to join up health, social care and education services around people rather than organisations. It was part of the delivery of the NHS Five Year Forward View.

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Care and support arranged or funded by both the NHS and social care, following a person’s needs assessment.

People can draw on care and support arranged or funded jointly in their own home, a nursing or care home, or by way of a joint personal budget.

People may have a joint package of care if they have health needs as well as care and support needs. If their main need is for health care, this is known as a primary health need and they may be entitled to continuing health care.

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The process of identifying the future health, care and wellbeing needs of the population in a particular area, and planning services to help meet those needs. This process is led by local councils, working with the NHS and private and voluntary organisations in specific areas.

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A regular meeting in local areas where information is shared between different organisations (such as the council, police, health services and others) about people who are at high risk of domestic violence or abuse. The organisations at the meeting discuss how to help people who are at risk of harm, and create an action plan to make them safer.

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• Safeguarding

When different organisations work together.

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A team of different professionals (such as doctors, nurses, therapists, psychologists, social workers, and others) working together to provide care and support that meets people’s needs. The team brings together many different types of knowledge, skills and expertise, and should work with the ‘whole person’, rather than just responding to specific areas of need.

Often referred to as an MDT.

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When two different organisations, such as an NHS organisation and a council, agree to each put an amount of money into a single pot to pay for a particular health or care service.

People in the same household or community may also choose to pool their personal budgets and combine elements of their care and support plans where they have similar care and support needs or aspirations.

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A community-based service where health or social care workers visit people at home to help them to manage a problem or to provide emergency support for a few days, to prevent people going into hospital.

Rapid response services may be provided by the NHS, local councils or by private organisations. People may be referred by their GP to an NHS service, or may refer themselves to a private service.

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A way of working that brings together the person who requires some support, people close to them like their family or friends, and people working in health and social care, to share information and agree what should happen next.

The approach aims to coordinate support to prevent people being passed around between lots of different services, and make sure people who require support remain at the centre of any conversations and decisions.

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