The document discusses the integration of health and social care within the People Directorate, highlighting the need for collaboration among various organizations to enhance outcomes. It identifies workforce challenges, the importance of leadership, and the necessity for government support to advance integration efforts. The document concludes that while integration is a long-term endeavor requiring brave leadership, it ultimately aims to benefit society as a whole.

1. People DirectoratePeople Directorate
Health and social care integration
The way forward ????
Stephen Chandler, Director of Adult Services, Somerset County Council
John Readman, Strategic Director, People, Bristol City Council

2. People Directorate
Integration what's it all about ?
A relationship
designed to achieve
more together than
individually is
possible

3. People Directorate
Is it new ?

4. People Directorate

5. People Directorate
Integration what's it all about ?

6. People Directorate
Where has been working and why
Where ?
 Greater Manchester, North East Lincolnshire,
Northumberland……….
 Torbay, BANeS, Croydon …………..
Why
 Absolute clarity of vision
 Brave system leadership
 Resilience
 Compromise
 Trust

7. People Directorate
Workforce Challenges for Integration
of Health and Social Care
Too many separate organisations within the Health and
Social Care Sector
Different professional status within the professional
sectors

8. People Directorate
Workforce Challenges for Integration
of Health and Social Care
Valuing the diversity and…building on the cross over
Growing the status and quality of
the Care and Support workforce
Health & Social Care – a growth area
in the economy!

9. People Directorate
Health & Social Care – what you can do
Step in to the leadership space working across sectors
Build on the local/regional approach and champion
Projects may need scaling up or rationalising

10. People Directorate
Health & Social Care – what you can do
What priority is your local Economic
Partnership (LEP) giving to their
Health and Social Care sector
Contribute to raising the profile and attractiveness of
the care and support sector

11. People Directorate
Conclusions
It’s a marathon, not a sprint
It needs more from government
It requires brave leaders
It isn’t win win for everyone
BUT IT HAS TO BE BETTER FOR SOCIETY