Neighbourhood Health Framework policy paper for England published
The Department for Health and Social Care has published its Neighbourhood Health Framework policy paper for England.
In the Framework, Neighbourhood Health is defined as follows:
“Neighbourhood Health puts the person at the centre of how we deliver their health and care by organising services so they can work together to serve a defined population. This includes the services that people rely on close to home and on the high street, such as GPs and community services and, where appropriate, urgent care, diagnostics and outpatients. This also includes local authority-commissioned services, such as adult and children’s social care and public health services.”
The Framework goes on to set out aims, how success will be measured, how Neighbourhood Health will be delivered, who the providers will be, locations, workforce, finances and next steps. Dementia is mentioned.
Read the framework here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/neighbourhood-health-framework/neighbourhood-health-framework