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The VCSE sector and the STP working together

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

Overall aim: to create a framework to jointly deliver the Integrated Care System (ICS), ensuring the STP and VCSE sector collaborate effectively. Aims

• Increase understanding of different

sectors – to address the mutual knowledge gap in parts of the CCG and the VCSE sector.

• Facilitate effective relationships– joint

discussions with VCSE people and health professionals.

• Explore locality-based working – how

to ensure VCSE involvement in geographic and thematic (communities

• f practice/interest) structures.

The outline programme

Programme

• Desk-based research – to build on

what we know

• Interviews –to test emerging

themes

• Focus groups – to expand on themes
• Engagement event – to start to find

solutions

• Focus groups – deep dive action

planning on prioritised themes

• Proposal on future framework

All activities are joint: VCSE and health professionals. Participation Fund to enable involvement of smaller VCSE orgs.

Sticky issues

• Power imbalance
• Historic relationships
• Conditioned behaviours
• Lack of understanding/knowledge
• Representation and inclusion

What did we learn?

“Do no harm – Hippocratic oath – the ways health profs are trained to think is very different to how society expects things to be managed. In volsec, people are more attuned to social factors.” “GPs cannot know all the services around and no time to signpost.” “As a GP, I know there are various VCSE organisations out there – it’s quite difficult to contact and refer to them in a structured way.” System barriers

• Need for short-term wins
• Language and terminology
• Structural complexity – STP and VCSE
• VCSE sustainability and perceived

instability

• Medical and social models
• Cultural change – shift from acute to

prevention

Success factors

• Relationships
• Empathy
• Understanding
• Appreciation of differences
• It’s a long term plan
• Change is required

Impact

• 3% VCSE subcontracts
• Remuneration policy
• VCSE involvement checklist
• Statement of intent
• Effective strategic partnership with 2-year action plan:
• Effective and inclusive partnership working
• Improved knowledge of and access to services
• Effective communication
• Effective locality-based working

Success factors and impact

“It’s good to see a recent focus on the wider determinants of health and the work from the Marmot Review.” “Every time, our partnership work is built on personal relationships.” “Understanding the enormous pressure that health services are under – we must recognise that and have some solutions what will work given their circumstances.”

Mark Hubbard Voscu cur, Head of Partnerships and Commissioning mark@voscur.org 07535 105875