Comment
Draft Local Plan
Representation ID: 15448
Received: 09/05/2016
Respondent: Basildon and Brentwood Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS)
Developing more effective ways of working: the CCG is acutely aware that simply expanding capacity to accommodate ever increasing demand is neither possible nor desirable. Therefore, the CCG is seeking to support more effective provision of services, by driving greater collaboration and integration between local health and social care providers working across the primary, community and acute hospital sectors. It is recognised that the delivery of more coherent services to our population requires the establishment, or re-establishment, of more effective working relationships between professional teams and organisations. A key element in facilitating this approach will be the direct alignment of community health and care teams with specific GP practices. In this way the practice becomes a hub around which the care provided to the registered population is coordinated.
In addition, as noted in the Local Plan, Brentwood Community Hospital represents a significant resource situated within the Borough, and the CCG is committed to ensuring that it is fully utilised to strengthen the community-based provision of healthcare, including sub-acute inpatient facilities, for our population.
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