norfolk and waveney local maternity and neonatal system
Norwich
Everyone in Norfolk and Waveney deserves to live well. That’s why our NHS
organisations, councils, public services and voluntary and community partners
are working together as an integrated health and care system. We are joining up
to tackle all the things that affect our health and wellbeing, listen to the
priorities of our communities, local people and patients and tackle some of the
biggest challenges we are all facing. Integrated care is about removing
traditional divisions between services so people and communities get the support
and care that they need. Health and care services in Norfolk and Waveney have
been working together closely over the past few years to improve services and
provide more joined up care for local people. In Norfolk and Waveney, we have
already achieved a lot by working in partnership; this has been strengthened
through our response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These changes have been made
possible by different organisations – NHS hospitals, GPs, mental health and
community health services, local councils, care homes and social workers,
voluntary and community organisations and others – joining forces to agree and
plan for local people’s needs. As a result of the new Health and Care Act, the
Norfolk and Waveney ICS has legal status and includes a statutory Integrated
Care Partnership (ICP), and a new Integrated Care Board (ICB) called NHS Norfolk
and Waveney, which will replace the area’s clinical commissioning group (CCG).
This is a new and exciting way of working, creating a genuine partnership that
will make a positive difference to local people and help join up health and
social care. This is the culmination of many years of effort to build
partnership working across the NHS, local authorities, the third sector and
patient groups. We’ve already made significant progress in Norfolk and Waveney
over the last few years to improve care and provide more joined up services. The
move to integrated care gives us the opportunity to work even more closely with
our residents and communities. Working together in partnership we can really
help improve the health and wellbeing of people in Norfolk and Waveney and
support our brilliant front-line staff.
