SUMMARY
THE PROGRAMME HAS ACHIEVED*:
£25M annualised financial benefit for the health and care system 17% more people go home following a hospital stay 3,650 more admissions avoided per year 26% increase in people going home from an intermediate bed 9.4 DAYS Waiting times reduced by, on average, 9.4 days when ongoing support required 6 HOURS 6-hour average reduction in ongoing care needs per person
The health and social care organisations of Birmingham recognised that they needed a radical transformation of services for older people, and those with similar needs. Newton was initially brought onboard to carry out an assessment of health and care services provided to older people before, during and following a crisis. The assessment identified significant opportunities to improve, and in August 2018, Newton was commissioned to undertake a large-scale transformation programme – the Early Intervention programme. The Early Intervention programme was tasked with creating an integrated approach to urgent and intermediate care services that is person and carer-centred and encompasses physical health, mental health and social care needs to support older people before, during and following a crisis. To deliver a truly integrated pathway we needed to look past the constraint of the roles of separate organisations; we needed to think and plan in a radically different – integrated – way, from the very beginning.
*results correct as of July 2021
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