What can the voluntary sector contribute? - Jeremy Taylor, presented at Age UKs "Living well with long term conditions" conference on 14th November 2012
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What can the voluntary sector contribute?
1. Living well with long
term conditions
What can the voluntary and community
sector contribute?
Jeremy Taylor
14 November 2012
2. National Voices is:
The national coalition of health and social care
charities for England
Mission: to strengthen the voices of patients,
service users, carers and their representatives
150 organisations as members
the leading coalition of health and social care
charities HSJ
3. Our themes
quality - a safe, effective service delivering a good
experience
voice, choice and involvement - treating people
and communities as partners in their health and in care
right care, right place, right time getting it right in
particular for people with long term conditions, disabilities,
complex needs
a seamless service joined up around my needs, not
your organisations
fairness and justice tackling health inequalities; living
the NHS Constitution, ensuring access to services.
4. What is living well?
Knowledge
Confidence
Independence and control
Care
Support
Involvement
Connectedness
Income, safety, security
Employment
5. Out-of- Continence
The Web of Consultant Adviser
Hours
Care Doctors
District Speech &
(Last 7 yrs) Language Adviser
GP Nurses
Care team
2 live-in carers
(alternating weekly) Dementia Dietician
Replacement carer Advisory
[Some night nursing Nurse?
Health] Community
Emergency carers Dentist
& Barbara Malcolm &
Barbara
Occupational
Social Therapist
Worker
Equipment
Oxygen Service
Wheelchair
Direct service
Service
Payments
Team; Alzheimers
Physiotherapist
Rowan Soc outreach
Alternating
Org. worker
Mattress technician
6. The UK voluntary sector
164,000 active voluntary orgs
贈36.7 bn spending in 2009/10
765,000 paid staff 617,000 fte
Volunteers = 1.3 million fte staff
57% in health and social work
= 1.1 million fte people (staff + volunteers)
Source NCVO
7. How does VCS help
people live well?
Information and advice eg helplines,
websites, leaflets
Practical and emotional support eg
befriending
Support with self management
Advocacy, care navigation
Supporting carers
Organising peer support
8. Wider VCS contribution
Innovator
new models of care and engagement
Connecter
Seeing the whole person
Bridge between communities and agencies
Shaper of services
Campaigning/awareness raising/fundraising
Involvement in JSNA, commissioning
Providing a voice for people and communities
Funder/commmissioner
Eg hospice movement
Builder of social value
Volunteering, peer support, community development
9. Some examples
Stroke Association : Life After Stroke Service
Macmillan Cancer Support advice on financial
issues
Carers Trust carers centres
Expert Patient Programme CIC: self management
programmes
Diabetes UK: contributor to year of care
Care navigator services eg Kent
WRVS: befriending, meals on wheels
Contact a family helpline for parents of disabled
children
11. The VCS pitch
Commission our services well fill the gaps;
well give you something new
Well help you commission your services
Let us be your Heineken
Buy into our expertise
Let us be your critical friends