Monday, 16 February 2015

EMIS Group CEO - Chris Spencer recently visited a Westminster Social Policy Forum event. In his latest blog for The Huffington Post, Chris shares his thoughts on the message delivered by Baroness Hanham, Chairman of health sector regulator Monitor.

Talking of the event, Chris explains that Baroness Hanham called for urgent change to better co-ordinate health and social care services at patient level and that her words were "welcomed by many".

Read an exert from the post:
Joined up care means putting all of us as patients first - co-ordinating care and sharing our information, particularly as we move from one service to another. Putting patients first means care plans can become more tailored. This in turn should result in more effective treatment and/or prevention and therefore fewer hospital admissions - an outcome that is better for patients and better for an NHS under pressure.

Baroness Hanham's words were welcomed by many. Interestingly, the call to action was also accompanied by a criticism of those "standing in the way" of progress by resisting working together. I say interestingly as I don't believe standing in the way is really the issue. A much bigger problem, in terms of making joined up care a reality, comes from standing still.


To read the article in full, click here.

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