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Community health services cover a wide range of services and provide care for people from birth to the end of their life. Community health teams play a vital role in supporting people with complex health and care needs to live independently in their own home for as long as possible.
What are community health services? Every day, community health services have about 200,000 patient contacts – about 13% of all daily activity in the NHS. Community health services cover an extensive and diverse range of activities, and hence can be difficult to define, with the precise range and configuration of services varying between ...
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- Why Work with Communities?
- Why Invest?
- The Family of Community-Centred Approaches
- Call to Action
This professional resource focuses on the concept and practice of community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing and outlines how to create the conditions for community assets to thrive.
What does ‘community’ mean?
‘Community’ as a term is used as shorthand for the relationships, bonds, identities and interests that join people together or give them a shared stake in a place, service, culture or activity. Distinctions are often made between communities of place or geography and communities of interest, identity or affinity, as strategies for engaging people may vary accordingly. Nevertheless, communities are dynamic and complex, and people’s identities and allegiances may shift over time and in differen...
Community determinants underpin health and wellbeing
Positive health outcomes can only be achieved by addressing the factors that protect and create health and wellbeing and many of these are at a community level. Community life, social connections and having a voice in local decisions are all factors that have a vital contribution to make to health and wellbeing. These community determinants build control and resilience and can help buffer against disease and influence health-related behaviour. Involving and empowering local communities, and p...
The picture across England
The Community Life Surveyis a survey of adults aged 16 and above in England, which is held annually to track trends across areas that are central to encouraging social action and empowering communities, such as: 1. volunteering and charitable giving 2. neighbourhood (views about the local area, community cohesion and belonging) 3. civic engagement and social action 4. wellbeing This nationally representative survey provides data on behaviours and attitudes to inform policy and action in these...
Most local authorities are embracing community-centred ways of working, but the challenge that many are now seeking to achieve is the scaling-up of a whole-system community-centred and asset-based approach. Evidence cited by NICEon the costs and economic benefits of community-centred approaches is limited, partly because it is difficult to assess a...
The ‘family of community-centred approaches’ has been developed as a framework to represent some of the practical and evidence-based options that can be used to improve community health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. PHE has published guidance on using the family model. Most localities have good examples of community-centred practice...
Develop a whole-system approach
Empower communities by working across partnerships and sectors to maximise impact and remove system barriers.
Genuine co-design and co-delivery
Involve members of the community in setting priorities, monitoring and evaluating services and initiatives. Working co-productively leads to improved outcomes for people who use services and carers, and has a positive impact on the workforce. Think Local, Act Personalis a national partnership committed to enabling co-design and co-delivery. This national partnership has over 50 organisations committed to transforming health and care through personalisation and community-based support, includi...
Map and mobilise local assets
Work with members of the community in identifying and developing the skills, knowledge, networks, relationships and facilities available that contribute to health and wellbeing for all community members. PHE’s Health asset profilescan be used to explore local data on protective factors. PHE has also tested its SHAPE digital tool to support local asset mapping. Wakefield District, for example, integrated an asset map into their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment to support alcohol reduction. Mac...
May 5, 2021 · The definition adopted by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence sets out a number of factors that can define a community as they relate to the experience of health, including geographical location, race, age, faith, or health need.
Oct 8, 2024 · Communities in many neighbourhoods are taking the lead in promoting health and wellbeing, creating healthy environments (including green spaces and employment opportunities) and developing social capital (the network of relationships and interactions that provide mutual support).
Community health services. Shifting more care out of hospital and into the community is one of the improvements outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan and will help ensure we meet the changing health needs of the country over the coming decade.
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Oct 8, 2024 · Neighbourhoods and communities are difficult to define and can range from a few houses to a population of around 50,000, but they are critical to the future of our health and wellbeing. This report, alongside our case for change, outlines where we are now and what initial steps can be taken to create new, more effective and sustainable ...
