Annual Wellbeing Report 2023 final - Flipbook - Page 15
Future priorities and call to arms
We know what works to enable people with complex
needs to live successfully in their own communities.
We need great partnership working, trusting and
transparent system behaviours, and sufficient resources
that enable solutions that are right for people.
Some current challenges are:
+ Health funding that fails to keep to up with inflation
and below local authority funding uplifts, as real
joint commissioning is still not happening.
+ Capable homes are expensive, public capital subsidy
is necessary and funding streams are small. It is
hugely challenging to scale up to meet demand.
+ Whilst offering very good value for public funding
particularly compared to Mental Health Trust cost
profiles, it is still often challenging to secure the
required funding rate to deliver skilled, stable and
rewarded staffing teams. There needs to be system
parity – the charitable sector should not be looked
at as cheaper, particularly when we deliver better
outcomes for people.
+ Increasing housing benefit restrictions mean there
is increased scrutiny on meeting the costs of running
capable homes from servicing specialist equipment
to larger flats, disability adaptations and tenant
damage. These costs must be met from somewhere.
Our future goals
2023-24
We continue to develop our work in this area alongside
our commissioners, funders, and system partners but
always our work is informed by people themselves.
+ To continue our work on health improvement, with
additional projects on better sleep and ADHD.
+ To continue to enable people in shaping their
services and accessible to relevant impactful
services, engaging in research and joint pieces of
work to inform improvement and new approaches.
+ To continue our work on social prescription for
people with complex needs and share the outcomes
of a pilot project with an aim to expand this further.
+ To provide another 15 homes for people with
complex needs.
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