Connected Care in Basildon (South East Pitsea and Vange)
Background
Connected Care has been commissioned by SW Essex PCT and Essex County Council, to undertake a programme of community engagement and service design work. The project aims to involve the communities living in SE Pitsea and Vange in the development of integrated health, housing and social care services which better meet their needs.
Basildon is part of the Thames Gateway Regeneration, the largest project of its kind in the UK, however, there are still significant health inequalities, with parts of the Connected Care areas facing life expectancy cut short by 6.7 years, compared to other parts of Basildon. The population in this area was predominantly white at the time of the last census (95+ % at 2001 census); however anecdotal evidence suggests that the BME community has increased in recent years. The population largely occupies social housing and has a low skills base. There are high rates of teenage pregnancies and smoking compared to Essex and UK trends. The project started in May 2009 and will run for at least 16 months.
Funders
South West Essex NHS and Essex County Council
Outcomes
- Facilitate and strengthen joint working and commissioning across health, housing and social care.
- Understanding the needs of the local population so that the council, primary care trust and partner agencies can individually and collectively assess their own particular strengths and weakness and explore the benefits of working with other agencies on some elements of the commissioning cycle.
- Equip commissioners with a good understanding of changing needs, based on robust, easily accessible data. This includes knowledge of marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
- Provide local people with the opportunity to contribute to problem solving which enhances their public confidence in services as a whole.
- Deliver greater accountability and trust between commissioners and communities through increased engagement of communities in decision making.
- Identify areas for service development based on the needs of that community– both individually and collectively and from within the NHS, social care and independent sector alike.
- Implement a cost benefit analysis so that the specification for integrated health and social care services is developed in an affordable manner on a year by year basis.
- Identify new areas for service improvement that can be successfully executed and which provide more accessible, responsive and targeted services based on local experience and needs.
- Establish a sustainable group of community researchers who can be drawn upon for voice and input into the design of future consultation and service development.
Video links to the Basildon project
Meet the Researchers
The research journey
The reseach results
Strategic Project Board
Cathy Mitchell, Strategic Commissioning Director, Adults, Health and Community Well-Being, ECC
Mark Ansell, Associate Director, SW Essex NHS
Lynelle Hales, Director of Commissioning & Service Integration, SW Essex NHS
Phillipa Brent Isherwood, Social Inclusion Manager, Basildon District Council
Tracey White, Director Circle Anglia Housing
John Robb, Chair of St Georges Community, Chair for BBW CVS, Chair of Basildon District Volunteer Carers
Vicky Clarke, Senior Regeneration Manager, Thames Gateway, ECC
Bauke Van der Meer, Placements and Procurement Manager, Sourcing and Supply, ECC
Natalie Amour, Community Researcher
Ricky McCarthy, Community Researcher
Gemma Bruce, Research Manager, Turning Point Connected Care
Ajay Khandelwal, Senior Research Advisor, Turning Point Connected Care
Nicola Ellis, Research Assistant, Turning Point Connected Care
Connected Care Operational Group
Sharon Longworth, Interim Senior Manager Strategic Planning, Essex County Council
Caroline Kaldani, Head of Community Development Circle Anglia
Bryony Pallet, Project Officer Circle Anglia
Mariette Mason, Head of Adults and Older People Commissioning, SW Essex NHS
Susanah Westwood, Senior Planning and Commissioning Officer
Lisa Hawker, Organiser Our Basildon, Our Food
Steve Bird, Business Support Manager, Basildon LSP
Debbie Boukriss, Family and Pupil Support Worker
Paul King, Family Mosaic
Maggie Jones, Community Drug and Alcohol Service, Sankey House
Ellen Collen, Essex Drug and Alcohol Team
Richard Reilly, Basildon District Council
Grant Taylor, Community Development Officer, Basildon District Council
Wendy Jeffries, Public Health Improvement and. Partnership Manager,Basildon District Council
Sue Bell, Rethink
John Tweddell, Supported Housing Manager, Basildon District Council
Paul Howell, Acting Chief Inspector
Ajay Khandelwal, Senior Research Advisor
Gemma Bruce, Research Manager
Nicola Ellis, Research Assistant
Community Researchers
Natalie Amour
Angela Brown
Stephen Drake
Ricky McCarthy
Trish Bailey
Julie Sitch
Matthew Smith
Project Manager
Ajay Khandelwal, Senior Research Advisor, Turning Point
Latest publicity for the Basildon project:
Turning Point (opens in new window) pdf (126KB)
Basildon Recorder (opens in new window) pdf (281KB)
http://www.turning-point.co.uk/commissionerszone/centreofexcellence/Pages/PitseaMarket.aspx?_name=pitsea_market.flv
http://www.turning-point.co.uk/commissionerszone/Pages/Meet_the_researchers.aspx?_name=pitsea_researchers.flv
http://www.turning-point.co.uk/commissionerszone/centreofexcellence/Pages/The_Future.aspx?_name=pitsea_engagement_event.flv
http://www.turning-point.co.uk/commissionerszone/Pages/pitsea_feedback.aspx?_name=pitsea_feedback.flv