Event details
Neighbourhood is the big buzzword at the moment in the health and care system. This is driven largely by the government’s vision of creating a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’ - outlined in the 10 Year Health Plan, aiming to help people to live well in their local areas and reduce the need for care delivered in hospitals.
Despite this newfound enthusiasm for neighbourhoods, neighbourhood health has actually existed long before the current use of it, often referred to as integrated care or place-based working. Within the context of potentially changing national policies and funding cuts to the very structures that can help enable neighbourhood health how can the enthusiasm for neighbourhoods match up to the reality on the ground?
This King's Fund event will tackle the conceptual ambiguity around neighbourhood health with a people-first, community-led focus that enables the NHS, the voluntary sector, other public services and communities to work together as equal partners to keep people happy and healthy where they live.
Join for interactive workshops, panel debates, keynote talks and case studies from people already making it work. Let’s shift the dial on improving population health and creating a neighbourhood health service that works for us all.
Sessions will explore:
- what is a people-first approach to neighbourhood health and why it matters
- examples of innovative and creative approaches to neighbourhood working that put the needs of people first
- overcoming barriers to true neighbourhood health, including habits and behaviours, and expectations from national bodies
- international approaches to neighbourhood – what’s worked and what hasn’t
- why thinking beyond traditional transactional contracts and breaking organisational siloes is key to enabling people-first neighbourhood health.