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cOllaBORatIVE wORkINg: IS cO-PROdUctION thE way fORwaRd?
PIf takES a clOSER lOOk at a mId-aNtRIm PIlOt that'S lEadINg thE way IN cOllaBORatIVE hEalthcaRE...
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he 17 Integrated care Partnerships (IcPs) across Northern Ireland, which involve
pharmacists, gPs and professionals from health and Social care trusts, are already working alongside the community and voluntary sector and service users and carers, to develop collaborative ways of working.
One of those collaborative ways is co- production/co-design: a relatively new concept in integrated healthcare which Pif has focussed on in the last few issues.
co-production/co-design is a new way of working that blends medical and non-medical people to empower older people to live longer at home if they wish to. Obviously, requirements will vary from district to district, so the needs and circumstances of the service user drive the quest to find to
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find the best solution to the problem or challenge.
‘At the heart of co-production is a new kind of partnership between public services workers and those who are intended to benefit. That partnership is equal and reciprocal. It combines the strengths of different kinds of knowledge and skill. It aims to build capacity for people to help themselves and each other. That goes for public services workers too: building their capacity to get better outcomes. The ultimate goal is to improve wellbeing for all.’ (Boyle et al 2010)
last month, IcP members across the region attended an interactive ‘co- production and co-design’ workshop, which examined how these new approaches are being applied by health and Social care trusts, local
councils, and community and voluntary sector organisations.
the workshop, which was facilitated by the coalition for collaborative care (http://coalitionforcollaborativecare.or
g.uk/), featured local examples of good practice including: the ‘join the dots’ project being delivered by the Northern health and Social care trust and mid and East antrim agewell Partnership; the progress of the maternity Services liaison committee jointly run by the National childbirth trust and Belfast health and Social care trust; and the antrim and Newtownabbey Borough council and community development and health Network partnership, which is working with the local community in toome.
the workshop was viewed as a 'first step' in helping IcPs to develop a co-production and co-design approach to their work in redesigning care pathways for long-term conditions such as stroke, diabetes, respiratory conditions and services for frail older people.
One of the first co-production pilots to be run in NI has been undertaken by antrim and Newtownabbey Borough council, together with people from the toomebridge area.
the project - which has been developed over a period of two years - saw the council initially approach community development and health Network (cdhN) to help shape and facilitate the work in toomebridge
“at thE hEaRt Of cO- PROdUctION IS a NEw kINd Of PaRtNERShIP BEtwEEN PUBlIc SERVIcES wORkERS aNd thOSE whO aRE INtENdEd tO BENEfIt”
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