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The JIP is an alliance of regional organisations that are working together to secure alignment and integrated delivery of improvement activity in social care, health and well-being. The JIP is chaired by Richard Jones (Executive Director of Health and Social Care in Lancashire and Chair of ADASS northwest). The JIP membership includes NHS NW, Regional Director of Public Health, IDeA, Northwest Employers Organisation, Care Services Improvement Partnership (DH), Care Services Efficiency Delivery (DH), Skills for Care and the Commission for Social Care Inspection. The JIP membership also included the RIEP predecessor bodies NWIN and RCOE. This arrangement lays the foundation for an enhanced relationship with NWRIEP, building a link between local government improvement and the improvement activity of partners including Health.

The JIP is committed to building enhanced linkage with sub-regional partnerships, to housing, work and market development, making the connection between Health, Social Care and the single Regional Strategy. It would be valuable to progress discussion about governance arrangements, including the option of the JIP playing the role of programme board for this area of activity. There are Joint Improvement Partnerships in all regions that are now linked to RIEPs.

Personalisation and addressing ill health are featuring right across the new LAAs and are of relevance to all the sub-regions in the Northwest. We know what works to deliver this policy direction and we know that the key enablers are leadership, partnership, effective commissioning and workforce development. This defines the improvement and efficiency priorities for the region.

The JIP “One Plan” is constructed around 8 strategic objectives

Programme Management and stakeholder engagement
Delivering personalisation
Early Intervention and promoting independence
Delivering Efficiency
Effective commissioning and market development
Leadership and partnership
Strategic workforce planning and development
Developing the evidence base – what works
Supporting performance

The JIP “one plan” plan will be delivered by partner organisations and where additional investment is involved through the joint commissioning of that activity.

Contact Information:

David Jones
Social Care Regional Change Agent
Telephone: 0161 351 4920
Fax: 0161 351 4936

david.jones@csip.org.uk