2 Suffolk and North East Essex ICS | ‘Our Journey Together’ Foreword It has been an immense privilege to have been part of ‘Our Journey Together’ in Suffolk and North East Essex over the last decade. Whilst the concept of Integrated Care Systems was always inspiring, what we have learned together in striving to make our local system work has been nothing less than profound. From this point in time, partners in the Suffolk and North East Essex ICS will be moving forward to be part of new systems in Norfolk and Suffolk and in Essex. Before moving on we have taken time to reflect on what we learned from Suffolk and North East Essex ICS – from what went well, and what didn’t – and from where we felt that we were able to genuinely transform and evolve into a different way of ‘being’ that we believe delivered some good things for local people and communities. I am grateful to the large number of local stakeholders who contributed to this review and hope that we have been able to accurately represent your thoughts and reflections in this report. I am also grateful to colleagues from a range of external organisations for sharing their expertise and external perspectives with us. This includes the University of York, Hult Ashridge Executive Education, The King’s Fund, Imperial College Business School, Future of Health and NHS Confederation. I am however most grateful to my colleagues in the Suffolk and North East Essex ICP Team who have combined their passion and expertise to bring this complex report together in such a beautiful way - Liesel Kennedy, Sharon Rodie and Laura Taylor-Green. For those who have been part of the journey with us we hope you find this report useful to help you to reflect now and in the future on what we did and what we learned together. For those now embarking on new journeys of their own, we would like to offer these as our reflections, and we look forward to learning from you too. Susannah Howard Integrated Care Partnership Director 2022-2026 & ICS Programme Director 2016-2022 Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System External Contributors to this report were: Front Cover Design Avocets were chosen for the cover design as they can be seen as a symbol of hope. They were extinct as a breeding bird in the UK by 1840, owing to the draining of their wetland habitats for development and agriculture. They recolonised in Suffolk in 1947, following the closure and flooding of coastal areas as a defence measure during the second world war; a measure that restored the ecosystem, creating habitats that were conducive to them thriving. They are pictured as a pair, thriving together and creating gentle ripples around them from their actions. Illustration from an original artwork by local artist, Liesel Kennedy LK Art
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