The Hounslow BBP was pleased to host approximately 130 colleagues from across the partnership, and patient representatives, at the first Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) Stakeholder workshop in April 2024.
Mark Jarvis, Assistant Director Primary Care, Integration & Delivery, NWL ICB and Anne Stratton, Chief Operating Officer, HRCH, provided a great presentation on the developments of INTs in Hounslow.
INTS will bring together primary care, community care, voluntary sector services, social care, public health and mental health services into a single integrated offer. This integrated care offer will cover preventative care, proactive care, planned care and urgent/reactive care. The delivery of care from an INT will primarily be based on a Multi-Disciplinary Team approach and will make use of the whole community to enhance health outcomes and reduce inequalities.
Steven Forbes, Executive Director of Children’s and Adults’ Services, London Borough of Hounslow, gave a riveting presentation on working better together and challenged colleagues to think differently about how this could be delivered. Dr Andrew Steeden, Clinical Lead for the NWL ICB programme for INTs, helped colleagues gain a better understanding of the NWL agenda for INTs.
It was invaluable to have the workshop supported by the London Borough of Hounslow Public Health team, who provided great insight into the population health management data approach which will be used to help each INT's identify local priorities for 2024/25.
The event saw high energy, enthusiasm and positivity which the BBP hopes will continue to drive the Hounslow INT priorities forward.