What Matters to You

The Department of Health and Social Care asked all 42 Integrated Care Systems in England to develop an initial Integrated Care Strategy by the end of 2022. The strategy will then continue to be developed and strengthened on an ongoing basis through the Integrated Care Partnership.

The strategy is important because it sets out how the health and care needs of local people will be met not just by the NHS, but also social care, public health and our voluntary and community sector. It informs BOTH local NHS and county council commissioning plans and the work of NHS trusts and wider system partners. In Suffolk and North East Essex we have made the Integrated Care Strategy accessible as an online resource for everyone interested in health and care.

Members of the public were asked to share their responses to two key questions, “What Matters to You and Why?” and “How should we be ‘Thinking Differently’ in health and care”. People contributed through a range of different channels including:

• By emailing sneeics.admin@nhs.net
• By completing our survey through our website, Healthwatch Essex and Healthwatch Suffolk, and other local patient engagement forums
• Through some Community Conversations which were organised by local voluntary and community sector organisations held both online and across 10 locations around Suffolk and North East Essex during October  and November.
• By visiting our pop up video booth which visited 15 locations around Suffolk and North East Essex during October and November
• By attending a specific themed online workshop to share evidence and lived experience