A HEALTH and social care partnership has been selected to take a national lead on transforming patient care.
The new care model, which aims to enhance health for residents in care homes, brings together more than a dozen organisations from health and social care services, care homes, technology specialists and academics working across Airedale, Bradford, Craven, East Lancashire and Wharfedale.
The local partnership has been named as one of the first 29 ‘vanguard’ areas that have won a share of a £200 million transformation fund. These will pilot plans to improve patients’ experiences of healthcare by bringing home care, mental health, community nursing, GP services and hospitals together.
The scheme will use technology, such as telemedicine, to integrate services and provide immediate access to expert opinion, as well as supporting individual independence of residents by focusing on proactive care and delivering more specialist services into the care home.
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