The restructured health service aims to help people stay healthy in their own homes and communities for as long as possible.
This is being done by developing and improving primary and community care. This is the care people can get without having to go to hospital.
Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.
Services working together within each region include:
– hospitals
– primary care services like pharmacies and doctors’ surgeries
– community services
– social care services
– public and private providers
– health and social care professionals
– voluntary sector services
