England is now, as of July 2022, divided into 42 area-based Integrated Care Systems (ICSs), covering populations of roughly 500,000 to three million people.
It’s no small task, but this joined-up approach is the future of healthcare, and it has the power to achieve excellent healthcare outcomes.
This is particularly important when we consider projected increased workforce demand on top of both staff shortages and record-high waiting times for routine hospital treatment.
As both whole-body health advocates and digital health specialists, we’ve seen first-hand how integrated care systems can really work – to the advantage of both the patient and the healthcare professional.
Our Joint CEO, Alison Meadows explored the how in an article for The Journal of mHealth…
We’re thrilled to have been selected to support the delivery of the Essex Wellbeing Service.
Created to deliver one of the first integrated lifestyle services in the UK, Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Northampton needed an online presence prior to launching in April 2016.