Driving better health outcomes through integrated care systems: the role of district councils

Driving better health outcomes through integrated care systems: the role of district councils

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Tiratelli, Luca, author
Naylor, Chris, 1980- author
Contributor(s):
King's Fund (London, England), issuing body.
Publication:
London : The King's Fund, July 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
Health Planning Councils
Public-Private Sector Partnerships
Social Determinants of Health
State Medicine
United Kingdom
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
District councils have statutory powers over service areas including planning, housing, benefits, and leisure and green spaces, which affect many of the most significant determinants of health. This makes them indispensable partners in integrated care systems (ICSs), which have a responsibility to improve the health and wellbeing of the populations they serve. Drawing on interviews with district council leaders and officers and integrated care board employees in four case study sites, this report examines how to make the most of the potential contribution of district councils to health. In the report the authors: (1) identify five principles that underpin successful involvement of district councils in ICSs (2) outline the actions that enable integration between ICSs and district councils (3) offer recommendations to ICB leaders and district council leaders to put the principles and enablers into practice. The report concludes by underlining the unique resources of district councils and the role they can play in addressing the wider determinants of health through partnership working in ICSs.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (i, 44, pages, 1 unnumbered page))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918734082606676 (See catalog record)
ISBN:
9781915303110
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734082606676