Case studies

Cornwall’s Scrutiny Commission’s review of child and adolescent mental health services was instrumental in ensuring the development of the subsequent Child and Adolescent Mental Health Strategy for Cornwall.

A new programme enabled 14 Young Commissioners to be equal partners in leading service and culture change for children and young people’s mental health services in Newcastle and Gateshead.

The programme aims to tackle loneliness and fragmented care by joining up services for older people in supported living schemes and care homes, to help people live longer, healthier lives at home and within their communities. This example of a local initiative forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.

In 2014 East Surrey CCG embarked on a project to improve the medical care of residents of nursing and residential homes. This example of a local initiative forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.

Hampshire County Council has made assistive technology a mainstream part of its adult social care work. The approach has helped it achieve substantial savings with 100 new referrals being made each week into the service.

In Sutton, the 'red bag' contains standardised paperwork, medication and personal belongings, and it stays with a care home resident from the time they leave the residential home to go to hospital until the time they return to their care home at the end of their stay in hospital. This example of local initiatives forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.

Partners in Leicester have taken a five-stage approach to improving discharge and avoiding unnecessary admissions. This example of how local areas are working to implement overall system change forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.

Over the past five years, the use of the single health resilience early warning database (SHREWD) has enabled Kent County Council to supply real-time data to support internal management and also operational partners. This example of a local initiative forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.

Managing transfers of care: an example of how a local area is working to implement system change. The system in North Staffordshire faced a number of issues, including risk-averse practice and fragmented services in the community. This example of a local initiative forms part of our managing transfers of care resource.

Managing transfers of care: an example of how a local area is working to implement system change. The model in Hull, which forms part of a system- wide approach to reducing delayed transfers of care, is based on the principle of ‘active recovery’.