The JIP’s priorities for the next two years have been agreed and will focus on promoting quality, performance and efficiency.
The decision was made following the announcement by Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands to keep a revamped partnership going until April 2013.
From now on the JIP will act as the strategic link between local authorities and the NHS.
The old steering group will be replaced by a network of local authority assistant directors, who will be responsible for implementing regional projects. They will also provide development opportunities for practitioners, and peer support.
Priority areas are:
The NHS’ Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme, for assisting clinical staff and NHS organisations to improve the quality of care they provide, while making efficiency savings.
The partnership will work on initiatives to:
- Enhance recovery times of patients who receive non-emergency treatment, by providing appropriate reablement services
- promote prevention and early intervention care services for people with dementia
- encourage early intervention in mental health
- reduce out of area placements.
Efficiency, specifically:
- expanding use of the Care Funding Calculator
- integrating assistive technology into care, with emphasis on learning disability and dementia placements
- optimising reablement services
- improving systems and processes in work and services
- responding collectively to financial challenges emerging from year two of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
A detailed business plan will be produced over the coming weeks.
The JIP is a programme board for Improvement and Efficiency West Midlands (IEWM) which is the name of the Regional Improvement and Efficiency partnership (RIEP).
Contact: Matt Bowsher, Regional Transformation Lead; telephone: 0121 245 0170, email: mbowsher@westmidlandsiep.gov.uk
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