The four federated CCGs in the area built a stakeholder network that was effective and fully representative of the population.
They developed a new model of care based on local networks with multidisciplinary, service user and commissioning representation in a partnership working environment.
They promote patient-centred, coordinated care around the house of care model. This includes structured patient education, healthcare professional education, and clinicians commissioned to work across traditional boundaries that limit care to separate specialists.
They had a large reduction in average HbA1c levels, increase in the proportion of people with healthy blood pressure levels, and about an £800,000 savings in expenditure.
For the full story, visit https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Professionals/Resources/shared-practice/Networks/ and read case study Networking for success: a 'burning platform' in Berkshire West.