Integrated care systems (ICSs) form the basis of a national vision for planning, developing and leading a strategic approach to addressing wider health, public health and social care needs of local populations. Key to achieving this is that ICSs work with the organisations that contribute to those aims, and this includes organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. But how can ICSs and the wider VCSE sector overcome the barriers to better partnership working? This report looks at solutions for addressing barriers to better partnership working in three areas: (1) commissioning, service design, and delivery (2) sharing data, intelligence and insight (3) funding and sustainable investment. The authors identify a range of actions that leaders in ICSs and in statutory and VCSE sector organisations can take to start to engage with addressing each barrier. The report also includes actions that can support leaders to work across the scale and diversity of the VCSE sector.
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