Consultancy Project Proposal
Establishing a Workforce Plan for a Proposed Integrated Health and Social care Service in a North London Borough
Background and Rationale for the project
• Rationale for the research and identification of critical issues
• The topic should be defined and the organisation/industry context explained
• Supporting evidence for the investigation should be presented.
Terms of Reference
Techniques for collecting data
• An explanation of the research strategy
• Discussion of primary data collection
• Source of secondary data
• Research ethics
• Access arrangements
Time scale and Resources
• A plan of action and discussion of resource requirements
References where applicable.
Rationale for the research and identification of critical issues
Making coordinated care a reality is one of many approaches to improving health and social care outcome. This is true for most advanced countries including the United Kingdom (UK) where lack of integration care has been a major frustration for patients and service users, especially in the elderly age group. A challenging financial environment and demographic change resulting in rising demand and increasing numbers of people with complex needs means health and social care must be on the front foot, with focus on people’s wants and needs rather than the organisations and structures that deliver care.
It is in view of this that the NHS Trust I work with (ICO) ), as a Medical Rehabilitation specialist and the Local authority of a North London borough (LA) are proposing to integrate aspects of their services that cater for the elderly population in the borough. The proposed integrated care service will have staff from both services (health and social care) joined-up, co-located and managed operationally under one management with a pooled budget.
The decision is in compliance with the current United Kingdom’s coalition government directive that health and social care services work more closely together, to save cost and avoid resource
Background and Rationale for the project
• Rationale for the research and identification of critical issues
• The topic should be defined and the organisation/industry context explained
• Supporting evidence for the investigation should be presented.
Terms of Reference
Techniques for collecting data
• An explanation of the research strategy
• Discussion of primary data collection
• Source of secondary data
• Research ethics
• Access arrangements
Time scale and Resources
• A plan of action and discussion of resource requirements
References where applicable.
Rationale for the research and identification of critical issues
Making coordinated care a reality is one of many approaches to improving health and social care outcome. This is true for most advanced countries including the United Kingdom (UK) where lack of integration care has been a major frustration for patients and service users, especially in the elderly age group. A challenging financial environment and demographic change resulting in rising demand and increasing numbers of people with complex needs means health and social care must be on the front foot, with focus on people’s wants and needs rather than the organisations and structures that deliver care.
It is in view of this that the NHS Trust I work with (ICO) ), as a Medical Rehabilitation specialist and the Local authority of a North London borough (LA) are proposing to integrate aspects of their services that cater for the elderly population in the borough. The proposed integrated care service will have staff from both services (health and social care) joined-up, co-located and managed operationally under one management with a pooled budget.
The decision is in compliance with the current United Kingdom’s coalition government directive that health and social care services work more closely together, to save cost and avoid resource
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