Lancashire Place-Based Partnership Newsletter Briefing - November 2024

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​Monthly Update from the Director of Health and Care Integration
Louise Taylor, Director of Health and Social Care Integration has announced that she will be retiring in December. Following her retirement on December 18th, Professor Sakthi Karunanithi, Director of Public Health for Lancashire County Council will take on the role of Director of Health and Care Integration. The handover process has commenced to ensure a smooth transition.

Progress and Updates on Key Workstreams The Lancashire Place Partnership has made significant strides across its three priority workstreams:

• Enhanced Care in the Community (ECC),
• Integrated Working (IW), and
• Creating Healthy Communities (CHyC).

Notable achievements include the successful reduction of hospital stays without medical need and the implementation of new working models in various areas.

The ECC workstream has seen good progress to date including the mobilisation and implementation of short term support at home, the development of a wellbeing and intervention service and ‘Ask SARA’. Ask SARA is an online tool that provides advice on products and equipment to help people with daily living activities. It's available in Lancashire and South Cumbria and is free and anonymous to use. It has 3 broad categories, these are: Your Health, Your Home and Daily Activities. There had been a successful reduction in the number of people residing in hospital without a medical need, and a new programme had begun to address this in earnest within central Lancashire, with further work planned within East Lancashire.

The Integrated Working workstream is progressing well to develop the model and implement new ways of working amongst health, social and wider public support teams in Fylde, Wyre, Pendle, and West Lancashire.

The CHyC workstream has advanced with projects developed following the identification of priorities within each of the districts. These are now progressing with some excellent examples of delivery and impact, including the rough sleeper project in Preston, the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) review, greater alignment between health and leisure services and joined up working between public and population health to improve the enhanced healthcare check offer.

Future Plans and Strategic Vision Looking ahead, the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB is focused on developing a fully integrated end-to-end pathway by 2030. This vision relies heavily on integration between partners and services, as well as investment in system leadership. In developing the blueprint for Lancashire by 2030, the intention is to create a vision of each 'Place'. The vision includes a fully integrated end-to-end pathway, improved value for money, and enhanced integration between partners and services. The significant cultural shift required to achieve this vision is acknowledged, and investment in system leadership is deemed essential. As part of this, the Lancashire Place Partnership is committed to assessing value for money, improving integration, and pooling budgets to implement seamless services that meet the needs of the community.