Thursday, March 26, 2015

Vanguard sites: new models of integration in health and social care

A fragmented system doesn’t give patients the best outcomes but it remains to be seen if the current trials can avoid previous mistakes

Hard on the heels of the announcement of the devolution of NHS powers in Greater Manchester comes news of the first wave of 29 “vanguard” sites for the new care models programme, heralded last October by Simon Stevens’ Five-Year Forward View for the NHS. These frontrunner sites are meant to lead the way for better integration of health and social care.

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