With Integrated Care Boards now firmly established, and the Hewitt review published calling for greater autonomy and accountability, there is real opportunity to drive impact for staff, populations and patients in the months and years ahead.
With patient-centred care at the heart of reconfiguration, removing boundaries between organisations both vertically and horizontally presents a huge cultural and mindset shift across the country.
This award will recognise an ICS who can evidence genuine co-production across different organisations within the system. Judges will be particularly interested in examples which bring together partners from across the wider voluntary and community sector, and work closely with organisations across the housing, education or criminal justice sectors. They are looking for concrete evidence that greater integration has improved the quality of health services, whether through increased patient satisfaction or through greater financial value, and improved population health and wellbeing.
Eligibility
The award is open to any integrated care board or integrated care partnership. Local-level/smaller-scale projects focused on integrated working should be entered into either the place-based partnership or provider collaboration category.