SOLIHULL’S healthcare is set to get a boost as part of a government programme.
Innovative projects aimed at bringing care closer to people’s homes as Solihull has been announced as one of 43 projects across the country to be part of the government’s flagship National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme.
The projects were chosen from 141 applications and represent the first cohort of the programme which has been backed by £10million in government funding to tackle stark and unjust health inequalities – bringing together leaders from across local healthcare, the voluntary sector, and the wider community to design services around communities rather than organisations.
Eventually projects in the programme will bring health and care services such as diagnostics, mental health, outpatients, post-op, rehab, nursing and social care closer to home.
In Solihull the pathways and services are set to be further developed at Solihull Locality Hub at Solihull Hospital.
The Locality Hubs in East Birmingham and Solihull are part of the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System’s Community Care Collaborative programme of work.
David Melbourne, chief executive of NHS Birmingham, Black Country and Solihull, said: “We are proud to be at the forefront of work to support delivery of the national 10 Year Health Plan and its ambition to shift care from hospitals into communities, making it easier for people to access the healthcare they need when they need it, and subsequently reduce pressure on hospitals.
“These projects in Walsall, East Birmingham and Solihull are being delivered in partnership with local organisations, ensuring those with the expertise and relationships with local people are at the forefront of our work to reduce health inequalities.”
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said: “We are building an NHS fit for the future, one that fits around people’s lives and is an integral part of their community.
“Neighbourhood health services fundamentally reimagine how the NHS works – bringing care closer to home while helping to tackle this nation’s shameful health inequalities.
“Through our Plan for Change, we will stop people from being bounced around a broken system as we get the health service back on its feet.”
