Case studies

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) assurance regime should be seen as an opportunity for council adult social care, says North Lincolnshire Director of Adults and Health, Karen Pavey.

This case study forms part of the publication, What Good Looks Like: values-based recruitment in adult social care.

The INTENT programme was developed by team of psychologists at the University of Leeds and its use is now being supported by the social enterprise Evidence to Impact.

North East Lincolnshire has a history of strong partnership working. As part of a long-standing Section 75 arrangement, the council is responsible for commissioning and providing children’s services, while the clinical commissioning group (CCG) is responsible for adult social care. This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.

See how a 12 week home care discovery in North East Lincolnshire has helped staff and users reshape how this service could be delivered in future.

A project to connect local communities has been launched in North East Derbyshire and Chesterfield to provide funding and support aimed at tackling social isolation.

At more than 5,000sq kilometres, Norfolk is one of the largest counties in England. To cover such a big area, the county council has set up a network of mobile testing teams rather than rely on static sites. It has allowed the teams to target testing at the neighbourhoods with the most need as well as support local businesses and big events.

Norfolk has a well-established Healthy Libraries scheme that is having a significant impact on social isolation and loneliness. The library service runs a range of initiatives from singing and colouring groups to a reading project aimed at people who are housebound. They have played a vital role in keeping people living in the large rural county connected both before and during the pandemic.

Norfolk Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) is the forum for system leaders across the wider local health and care system and works closely with the Norfolk and Waveney Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP) (Waveney is an area in East Suffolk). This case study forms part of our integrated care systems (ICS) resource.

This case study shows the excellent work that public health in local government is doing to commission for quality and best value across all areas.