A Health and Social Care Regional Delivery plan is being developed for the West of Scotland.

This will build on the the national Health and Social Care Delivery Plan launched in December 2016.

Work has been taking place across the West of Scotland Health Boards and Integrated Joint Boards to establish a common purpose to our planning that respects the importance of local and locality planning.

The West of Scotland plan will focus on: improving health and wellbeing; increasing care and quality; better workplace with a focus on staff; and delivering best value.

John Burns, Chief Executive of NHS Ayrshire and Arran, and Regional Implementation Lead for the West of Scotland, said: “We have always had strong working relationships across the West of Scotland.

“This has allowed us to quickly adapt and develop our approach to thinking about how we will take this opportunity to think and plan for the future models of care that will meet the changing needs of the population.

“We need to be able to adapt and innovate. We recognise that resources are finite and so must seek to deliver within a best value framework. Working together to achieve our common purpose will be core to our approach.”

The West of Scotland region comprises a number of partner organisations who support the provision of health and care services. This includes five territorial Boards, 15 health and social care partnerships, 16 local authorities, five national Boards and a number of third sector organisations.

The West is working towards the first regional plan at the end of March 2018. This plan will look to set out our strategic intent informed by understanding our care model. The model will start with the individual citizen and build through strong local models to hospital care.

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