This theme focuses on the provision of care in community-based settings and providers, including care homes and other settings, e.g. informal, domiciliary, residential care, and by the third sector in asset-based community approaches to empower neighbourhoods and residents.
Health, care and other public and voluntary services people use are predominantly delivered within communities or ‘places’ where they live or work, e.g. general practice, community pharmacy, dentists or local health centres and many social care services. These services are delivered by NHS, social care, VCSE and other community partners.
Place-based partnerships are collaborative arrangements formed by organisations responsible for arranging and delivering health and care services in a locality or community. Place-based care allows coordination and integration of services, embeds co-production with services users and communities, facilitate accountability to local communities and builds coalitions with community partners to promote health and wellbeing.
Provision of out of hospital care is a key driver for the NHS Long Term Plan, the ICS, local government and other health and care providers. Current research and knowledge exchange activity in this area focuses on social prescribing, and health and care workforce wellbeing (see Health and Care Workforce Interdisciplinary Research Network).