Work is continuing on the development of a new healthcare strategy for Lanarkshire which will describe new models of care to help deliver improved outcomes for patients and carers.

Being described by Chief Executive Calum Campbell as “one book with three chapters” the healthcare strategy will reflect the integrated approach to health and social care and will incorporate both the North and South Commissioning Plans.  This will enable a focussed approach on planning for the future to achieve improvements in health and social care services over the next 10 years and beyond.

Explaining the need for the strategy Calum Campbell said: “The needs of our population are changing rapidly and we need to plan and deliver the best possible solutions to provide the best health outcomes.  This means planning how we can use the available workforce, resources and technology to deliver safe, effective and efficient services that can be sustained and improved in the long term.

“The development of the strategy is being taken forward through fourteen workstreams.  Each workstream is undertaking a significant amount of clinical engagement to ensure we are all working together to shape services so that they are fit for the future.  The aim is to develop outline models of care which will be subject to wider engagement in the summer.

Further information on the workstreams is available on Firstport http://firstport2/resources/programmes-projects/healthcare-strategy/default.aspx