NHS Vanguards

Programme Brief

The programme plans to support 5 to 7 test bed sites across England over the next 2 to 3 years. Vanguards: In January 2015, the NHS invited individual organisations and partnerships to apply to become ‘vanguard’ sites for the new care models programme, one of the first steps towards integrating primary and acute care systems by joining GP, hospital, community and mental...

The programme plans to support 5 to 7 test bed sites across England over the next 2 to 3 years.

Vanguards: In January 2015, the NHS invited individual organisations and partnerships to apply to become ‘vanguard’ sites for the new care models programme, one of the first steps towards integrating primary and acute care systems by joining GP, hospital, community and mental health services together.

Resources:

NHS England: Test Beds Programme

The Five Year Forward View: New Care Models

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Vanguards - an overview

What are vanguards?The first wave of 29 vanguard sites comprised three types – integrated primary... Find out more >

Evaluation of Happy, Healthy, at Home: Symposium 3

The AHSN and Centre for Implementation Science is working as the independent evaluator for the H... Find out more >

Wessex Vanguard sites: Isle of Wight

Isle of WightPatient population: 140,000The Isle of Wight covers a registered GP population of 14... Find out more >

Evaluation of Happy, Healthy, at Home: Symposium 2

The AHSN and Centre for Implementation Science is working as the independent evaluator for the Ha... Find out more >

Wessex Vanguard sites: Southern Hampshire (Multispecialty Community Provider)

Southern Hampshire: Patient population: 220,000Multispecialty Community Providers – moving specia... Find out more >

Evaluation of Happy, Healthy, at Home: Symposium 1

The AHSN and Centre for Implementation Science is working as the independent evaluator for the Ha... Find out more >

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Resources

NHS England: Registering interest to join the new models of care programme

NHS England: The Five Year Forward View

NHS England: Test Bed prospectus

Wessex AHSN: Evaluating patient outcomes in Wessex

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