Benefits of intership

The benefits of inter-agency partnerships:
The benefit of inter-agency partnerships is working refers to when two or more agencies that deal the same issues for example health issues where Hospital can work with the GP. Some agencies could have some information about a person that another doesn’t or when a person is at an age where they can be cared for better by one agency, this relationship allows them to be transferred. Be treated by different services can benefit the service users because the service users can be sure that he has been checked by two different person and can be treated quickly. This could be a benefit for the service providers as well because the second partnership can get all information about the person without asking the person, they can get all information about the person from the first partnership.

Inter-agency partnerships for Elizabeth
This report is based on Inter-agency working together to provide Elizabeth support to deal with her Alzheimer’s disease. The reason why Inter-agency are working is to help Elizabeth and help her family with Alzheimer’s and to provide support for both of them.
Agencies working together
Health Visitor
Health visitor for older people is to promote the health and independence of older people living at home with difficulties. Elizabeth would need the support of a Health visitor because of her family that doesn’t understand her and that they are no longer interested in her well-being.
The main role of health visitor is to provide a supportive health assessment and referral service for old people like Elizabeth. They also work with GP and health care services.
The Health Visiting Service for Older People aims to:
Support old people health and well being
Help prevent ill health and its consequences
Support patients living with long term conditions to facilitate independence
Provide up-to-date information about help and services available so that patients, their families and carers can make informed decisions
Access health needs and refer to additional services if required
Provide carers with advice about the support that is available to them
General practice (G.P)
G.P are here to work for primary care and are part of a clinical commissioning group which have responsibilities for helping with healthcare from secondary healthcare providers, such as hospital and community and also Alzheimer’s society. Elizabeth would need the support of a General practice working with the Health visitor.

Alzheimer’s society
This is an organisation that will work and support people with diseases such Dementia. They are all volunteers who are helping old people with Alzheimer’s. Elizabeth would need their support and help for her disease. This society will also work with the both General practice and Health visitor to maintain Elizabeth health condition. The society will provide reliable and up to date information to help Elizabeth with every aspect and understanding diagnosis and assessment to dealing with the financial challenges that she might be encounter as she no longer lives with her family.
Benefits
The benefits of inter-agency partnerships working together for Elizabeth are that Alzheimer’s society, the G.P and the health visitor are all working for her. This will benefits her and the all three social and care system because they can get information about Elizabeth without her help. This will also benefit Elizabeth because she can get all the support by three different agencies and get treated quickly. Elizabeth will get all the support and help from different health service this will benefit her.
Factor that preventing
The main factors that prevent inter-agency collaboration relate to Elizabeth Alzheimer’s might be communication within and between agencies, professional values and power relationships. Partner agencies in collaborative situations need to be treated as equals. Communication can be one of the factors that could prevent agencies working together, lack of communication, example if the health visitor doesn’t give information and doesn’t communicate with the two other agencies that could cause issues for Elizabeth, issues like the agencies can’t get enough information and Elizabeth can’t get in a good condition situation because agencies will delay the treatment because of one agency. Agencies might have difficulties in sharing information; particularly confidential information as well as cultural and professional differences between agencies can prevent them working together. Other factors that can prevent agencies working together are that if one agency gives only limited information about Elizabeth that can prevent agencies working together as they won’t get enough information about Elizabeth. Another reason which can prevent agencies from working together might be the funding which can cause problems, like lack of money and couldn’t help Elizabeth with her needs. If one of the agencies can’t co-operate with other agencies because of any reason and this can prevent them working together example if the General practice doesn’t feel well and can’t come work with the other agencies.

How to overcome and consider them
Communication needs to be developed at all levels of operation both within each agency working with Elizabeth.
Agencies need to find ways to improve face to face and written communication.
Procedures and practices should be integrated between agencies and Elizabeth.
Discuss about the health improvement of Elizabeth.
Be equal and don’t give preferences to one agency than the other.
Conclusion
Elizabeth had the help of the 3 agencies that worked together to support and help her with Alzheimer’s. She had all the benefits of the agencies with her and agencies had benefits between because they have worked together for Elizabeth. They have overcome of what had prevented them working together.