Place-Based Health Commission Report, 17 March 2016
- In making the case for place-based care, where local services work together to effectively confront the broader drivers of poor health, this report suggests that the NHS must construct a 15 year plan to shift money out of hospitals and into investment in communities.
- In addition the commission recommends a route map towards place-based health by 2030 including:
- Making the best use of existing funding, but any new resources for health should be designated to support a transition to place-based health
- Metro mayors and council leaders to be in charge of pooled budgets and other financial models that ensures places rather than institutions are held to account for health outcomes
- A renewed focus on people’s wellbeing to drive a reduction in health inequalities
