The chief executive of West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has visited Number 10 Downing Street to inform the Prime Minister about The West Cheshire Way.
Alison Lee was at the reception – hosted by David Cameron – as a celebration of the NHS during the last 72 years.
Mr Cameron invited health service leaders from across the country who are at the forefront of delivering the new models of care outlined by NHS England.
She said: “I was proud to have been in 10 Downing Street and be able to listen to the prime minister speak about the importance of health and social care integration. David Cameron talked about making dementia a priority as well as ensuring the NHS is at the forefront of technological advancements.”
Patient care
The CCG is to invest £5 million in this new model of care designed to provide better support to patients to care for themselves.
The model of care is split into three areas so that it covers patients of all ages with Starting Well, Being Well and Ageing Well.
The emphasis is for people to own their care and become even more knowledgeable about their health conditions.
The West Cheshire Way is an initiative between GPs, hospitals, social care and mental health and well-being services to ensure services are more joined up, patient-friendly, easy to access and designed to help and support patients to self-care.
Across West Cheshire there is a population of 260,000 and out of these almost 20 per cent of people over the age of 65 have a medical condition. In total, 12 per cent of these patients have three long term conditions. For example, breathing difficulties, diabetes, stroke, asthma, dementia or depression.
West Cheshire was selected by NHS England to be a New Model site - one of only 29 sites across the country. The scheme has been introduced to drive better health and social care for patients in the community.
The NHS will celebrate its 73rd birthday on July 5, 2016.
