A Route Map to the 2020 Vision for Health and Social Care

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A Route Map to the
2020 Vision for
Health and Social Care
02                                           A Route Map to the 2020 Vision for Health and Social Care

Introduction

This paper sets out a new and                ■■ maintains the commitment to
accelerated focus on a number of priority       pursuing the 2020 Vision for Health
areas for action in the form of a ‘Route        and Social Care through a focus on
Map’ to the 2020 Vision for Health and          improving quality at scale across
Social Care in Scotland. It summarises          Scotland (building on success, e.g.
some of the excellent achievements              Family Nurse Partnerships, Scottish
that have been secured in recent years          Patient Safety Programme etc.);
through a focus on improving quality in
                                             ■■ pursues opportunities to work with
our health and care services through the
                                                other public sector and business
implementation of the Quality Strategy,
                                                partners to drive transformational
and reflects that these achievements
                                                innovation, providing growth in the
are at least partially responsible for the
                                                Scottish economy;
high regard with which Scotland is held
internationally. It is therefore important ■■ identifies particular areas for
to emphasise our continued commitment           accelerated improvement and
to pursuing the three Quality Ambitions         enhanced roles in unscheduled and
of safe, effective and person-centred           emergency care, in primary care, and
care, as set out in the Quality Strategy.       in services for people living with
                                                multimorbidities providing a whole
However, over the next few years the            system response to improve the
demands for health and social care and          patient pathway in order to reduce
the circumstances in which they will be         pressure on A&E departments;
delivered will be radically different. It is
                                             ■■ supports our commitment to shift
our job to ensure that we can continue to
                                                the balance of power to, and builds
provide the high quality health and care
                                                up and on the assets of, individuals
services the people of Scotland expect
                                                and communities through a focus
and deserve into the future, securing
                                                on achieving social change (more
the best possible outcomes for people
                                                people able to care, volunteer etc.),
from the care and support they receive.
                                                support for the self-management of
We must therefore collectively recognise
                                                long-term conditions and personal
and respond to the most immediate and
                                                action (drinking, exercise, diet and
significant challenges we face. These
                                                engagement) through working in
include Scotland’s public health record
                                                partnership in Community Planning
and level of inequalities, our ageing
                                                Partnerships (CPPs) and the new
population, the increasing expectations
                                                Integrated Health and Social Care
arising from new drugs, treatments and
                                                Partnerships; and
technologies and the specific impact of
inflation on the health service.             ■■ develops our strategy for engaging
                                                and empowering our workforce,
The Route Map has been designed to              providing our response in Scotland to
retain our focus on improving quality           addressing many of the issues raised
and to make measureable progress to the         by the Mid-Staffordshire/Francis
2020 Vision, with specific deliverables         Inquiry, and equipping them to work
in 2013/14. The key features are that it:       in an integrated way which reflects
                                                the different needs of different people
■■ recognises the importance of the
                                                and different places across Scotland.
   public service reform agenda as a
   framework for delivering the 2020
   Vision for Health and Social Care;
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The 2020 Vision for Health and Care in Scotland

                                                              We must be bold enough to agree and
  'Our vision is that by 2020 everyone                        pursue the key actions that will allow
  is able to live longer healthier lives                      us to turn this 2020 Vision into a
  at home, or in a homely setting.                            reality. It is only by doing this that we
  We will have a healthcare system                            will secure the health and social care
  where we have integrated health and                         services in Scotland that will best meet
  social care, a focus on prevention,                         the needs of future generations, and
  anticipation and supported self-                            demonstrate our ability to deliver a
  management. When hospital                                   world-leading high quality health and
  treatment is required, and cannot                           care service to the people of Scotland.
  be provided in a community setting,
  day case treatment will be the norm.
  Whatever the setting, care will be
  provided to the highest standards of
  quality and safety, with the person at
  the centre of all decisions. There will
  be a focus on ensuring that people get
  back into their home or community
  environment as soon as appropriate,
  with minimal risk of re-admission.'
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Our record of excellence

In Scotland we have considerable                We have achieved these successes
experience and success in delivering            through working in partnership across
and improving high quality and                  the Scottish Government, the wider
sustainable healthcare services which           public sector and with staff. Looking
are already recognised internationally          ahead, our model remains one of
as world-leading. In particular our             integration, collaboration, outcomes
record of successes include:                    focus, values trust and innovation. We
                                                continue to categorically rule out the
■■    legislation to ban smoking in public
                                                disruptive type of reforms and upheaval
      places;
                                                being put in place in NHS England and
■■    significantly reducing premature          are committed to continuing to provide
      mortality from cancer, heart disease      high quality health and social care to
      and stroke through a number of            the people of Scotland. Our recognition
      initiatives including most recently       of the importance of local ownership of
      the high profile detect cancer early      decision making and service delivery
      programme;                                complements our unified system for
                                                governance and accountability in
■■    delivering enhanced patient safety
                                                NHSScotland.
      with major reductions in levels of
      Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI);
                                         During the current spending review we
■■ massively reducing waiting times and  have committed to protecting health
   delayed discharge from hospital; and  spending by giving a real terms resource
                                         increase recognising the very specific
■■ effective management of a £12 billion
                                         inflationary and service pressures
   budget.
                                         facing the delivery of health and care
                                         services. Efficiency savings identified
These, and other successes, are
                                         by territorial NHS Boards amounting
recognised internationally as innovative
                                         to over £1 billion in the last four years
and aspirational both for what they
                                         have been retained by them and used to
have delivered to date and for their
                                         further enhance local services.
future scope and potential for improving
health and social care in Scotland.
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The Challenges

Over the next 10 years, the proportion                        There will be a continuing shift in the
of over 75s in Scotland’s population –                        pattern of disease towards long-term
who are the highest users of health                           conditions, particularly with growing
and care services – will increase by                          numbers of older people with multiple
over 25 per cent. By 2033 the number                          conditions and complex needs such as
of people over 75 is likely to have                           dementia. Estimates suggest that the
increased by almost 60 per cent. Over                         number of people with dementia is set
the next 20 years demography alone                            to rise from 71,000 to 127,000 within
could increase expenditure on health                          the next 20 years. If we do not dedicate
and social care by over 70 per cent.                          resource to dementia there will be
These challenges will augment the                             tremendous financial costs to the NHS
specific impact of inflation on health                        and social services as well as the health
and care services.                                            and cost impact on carers. Compared
                                                              with non-caregivers, carers of people
Despite efforts to address the challenge                      with dementia are more likely to take
of health inequalities in Scotland over                       prescribed medication, visit their GP
recent years, we have made very                               and to report higher levels of stress
little progress. This remains a key                           and physical symptoms.
priority area.
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The 2020 Vision Route Map

The accelerated pursuit of the 2020        prevention as a priority area of activity
Vision through the Route Map set out       around population health, but it is also
on the opposite page, building and         fundamental to the approaches we will
developing on our model for integrated     develop to improve care for people
health and social care delivery, will      with multi-morbidities, and in support
demonstrate competency through our         of older people through an integrated
recognition as a world-leader in high      system. Finally, we will be driving
quality health and care services.          improvement across the range of
                                           priority areas using the Framework for
Public Service Reform                      Improvement which has measurement
It is also important to confirm that the   and performance as one of its key
approach makes a vital contribution        features.
to our commitment to the four pillars
of public service reform set out in        We continue to support the focus
our response to the Christie Report –      on performance across NHSScotland
reflecting our commitment to achieving     through the annual process of agreeing
outcomes which matter to the people of     NHS Board Local Delivery Plans with
Scotland while ensuring the financially    improved monitoring and assessment
sustainability of our public services.     of outcomes. Ensuring that HEAT targets
                                           evolve to reflect the key priorities
Working in partnership is fundamental      set out in the 2020 Vision Route Map
to achieving progress in each of the       will make an important contribution,
priority areas – partnership across the    alongside a focus on supporting
NHS in Scotland, with local government,    NHS Boards to strengthen their
with the third sector, with industry,      governance roles, and the commitment
with central government and with           to work through Community Planning
people. This partnership approach is       Partnerships (CPPs) and Integrated
particularly vital for one of our three    Health and Social Care Partnerships.
Quality Ambitions: that all the services   This will ensure that Single Outcome
we develop and deliver are person-         Agreements properly reflect health
centred. The focus in the Route Map        and social care priorities and that local
on developing the workforce and            NHS Boards will be held to account for
leadership capacity also makes an          their effectiveness in the delivery of
important contribution to the people       these priorities and for ensuring the
pillar. The Route Map clearly identifies   effectiveness of CPPs generally.
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The Route Map describes 12 priority                           priority areas for action, often building
areas for action for pursuing our 2020                        on existing work and all requiring
Vision for high quality sustainable                           focused attention and acceleration.
health and social care services in                            In addition to these 12 priority areas
Scotland in three domains:                                    for improvement action, it is vitally
                                                              important to emphasise the need for a
1. Quality of care
                                                              continued focus on ensuring that the
2. Health of the population                                   underpinning foundation of high quality
                                                              health and care services are maintained
3. Value and financial sustainability.
                                                              as business as usual. These include:
                                                              performance (e.g. HEAT), governance,
These domains are often referred to
                                                              planning (services, workforce, finances
as the ‘Triple Aim’. For each of these
                                                              and estate), IT and measurement.
domains there will be a small number of

                                            2020 Vision/Quality Ambitions
 2020 Vision                Safe, effective and person-centred care which supports people
                              to live as long as possible at home or in a homely setting

                                                                                        Value and
                                                               Health of the
   Triple Aim                 Quality of Care                                           Financial
                                                                Population
                                                                                      Sustainability
                                Independent
                                   living
                                  Services
    Quality                       are safe                                               Effective
                                                              Healthier living
   outcomes                       Engaged                                              resource use
                                 workforce
                                  Positive
                                experiences

                                    12 Priority Areas for Action (as detailed on page 12)
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Route Map to The 2020 VisioN

TRIPLE AIM                                           Key deliverables for 2013/14:
                                                     −− Bill introduced to Parliament and
                                                        gaining Royal Assent
1. Further improving the
                                                     −− Preparatory work with NHS
   quality of the care                                  Boards, local authorities, third and
   we provide with a                                    independent sector partners and
   particular focus on:                                 including development and delivery
                                                        against new Single Outcome
■■    Increasing the role of primary care –             Agreements and the building of
      There is now a strong consensus on                effective Integrated Health and
      the urgent need for an expanded role              Social Care Partnerships.
      for primary care and general practice
      in particular. This is at the heart of    ■■   Accelerating our programme to
      our 2020 Vision, specifically focused          improve safety in all healthcare
      on keeping people healthy in the               environments – Building on the
      community for as long as possible              world-leading and recognised
      and represents a critical prerequisite         success of the Scottish Patient
      to tackling health inequalities and the        Safety Programme, we will continue
      challenges facing unscheduled care.            the ground-breaking extension of
                                                     this programme into primary care,
      Key deliverables for 2013/14:                  maternity services, paediatrics and
      −− Implementation of the new GP                mental health, and will embark on
         contract with benefits fully                the development of a new Scottish
         explored and realised                       Patient Safety Index to accelerate
      −− 2020 Vision for expanded primary            our progress in driving down harm in
         care developed                              acute care settings.
      −− New models of ‘placed-based’                Key deliverables for 2013/14:
         primary care developed including            −− Further increase safety in Scottish
         a model for remote primary care                hospitals as measured by HSMR
         implemented and evaluated                      and HAI
                                                     −− New broader measure of safety
■■    Integrating health and social care –
                                                        developed to increase impact of
      Integration of adult health and social
                                                        improvement (SPSI)
      care is a key part of the Scottish
      Government’s commitment to public              −− Maternity, mental health and
      service reform in Scotland. We will               primary care components of the
      continue to drive forward the widely              Scottish Patient Safety Programme
      endorsed commitment to integrating                implemented with measureable
      health and social care services                   improvements
      in Scotland.
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■■   Improving the way we deliver                                  Key deliverables for 2013/14:
     unscheduled and emergency care –                              −− Person-centred Health and Care
     A new Expert Group has been                                      Collaborative being implemented
     established to identify and agree                                with measureable improvements
     high impact actions to transform                                 locally in experience for patients,
     the way that unscheduled care is                                 their carers and for staff
     delivered with a focus on reducing                            −− Support and clear accessible
     the number of people who present at                              information will be available to
     A&E departments through action in                                enable people and their carers to
     the community, in primary care and                               manage confidently at home and
     to improve the flow of patients out                              during times of transition
     of A&E. Specific work will be done
     to improve services at weekends                          ■■   Improving our approach to
     and out-of-hours in both urban and                            supporting and treating people who
     remote and rural areas.                                       have multiple and chronic illnesses –
     Key deliverables for 2013/14:                                 Will deliver improved outcomes
     −− Develop out of hospital care as part                       for people living with multiple
        of the National Unscheduled Care                           morbidities, including mental health
        Action Plan                                                conditions. We will consider the
                                                                   whole pathway of care with a focus
     −− Achieve a sustainable performance
                                                                   on people aged under 65 in areas
        on 4-hour A&E waits by the end of
                                                                   of deprivation and high levels of
        December 2013
                                                                   health inequalities. This work will
     −− Improve patient care in hospitals                          link closely with the work to expand
        by increasing flow through the                             the role of primary care, to improve
        system                                                     unscheduled care, to put people at
                                                                   the centre and to integrate health and
■■   People-powered health and care                                care services. Much of this work will
     services – Through the Patient Rights                         require strong partnership working,
     Act and ground-breaking work to                               and will be supported by health
     develop more person-centred health                            and social care providers playing
     and care services we will give the                            a full role in Community Planning
     public a voice on their experiences                           Partnerships and the development
     to drive up the quality of care,                              of Single Outcome Agreements, and
     promote personal responsibility for                           through the new Integrated Health
     health and wellbeing, and support                             and Social Care Partnerships.
     self-management so that people are
     better able to maintain their health                          Key deliverables for 2013/14:
     and to manage periods of ill-health.                          −− Key pressure points in the
     This will include a focus on improving                           entire patient pathway for most
     resources and support to people to                               commonly occurring combinations
     help them navigate and understand                                of chronic-term illnesses will be
     the system, so that they become                                  identified and actions for how we
     more involved and engaged in                                     address these will be agreed
     their healthcare.                                             −− Through more detailed analysis
                                                                      of existing data, people will
                                                                      be identified as ‘at risk’ and
                                                                      anticipatory plans will be agreed
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2.	Improving the health of                       ■■   Preventative measures on alcohol,
                                                      tobacco, dental health, physical
   the population with a                              activity and early detection of cancer
   particular focus on:                               – Despite significant improvement
                                                      in health outcomes in recent years,
■■    Early years – We will drive forward             Scotland continues to have a poor
      the Early Years Collaborative,                  record of healthy life expectancy.
      breaking new ground in improvement              Alongside the commitment to
      methodology across the full range of            refocus energy on targeting health
      public partners involved in a child’s           inequalities, we will continue to
      early years, building on successes              pursue a preventative agenda in
      such as Family Nurse Partnerships               partnership across the public sector,
      and working on the ambition to make             concentrating on tackling Scotland’s
      Scotland the best place for children            relationship with alcohol, smoking
      to grow up.                                     and increasing levels of physical
      Key deliverables for 2013/14:                   activity. We will also continue to
      −− The world’s first national multi-            invest in the hugely important
         agency quality improvement                   programme of work to increase
         programme will be implemented                the early detection of cancer. Once
         across partner organisations to give         again, much of this work will require
         our children the best start in life          strong partnership working, and will
                                                      be supported by health and social
■■    Reducing health inequalities –                  care providers playing a full role in
      We will refocus our efforts on health           Community Planning Partnerships and
      inequalities particularly in the context        the development of Single Outcome
      of benefits cuts which will impact              Agreements, and through the new
      those most at risk of ill-health. We            Integrated Health and Social Care
      will do this by targeting improvement           Partnerships.
      resources into primary care in the              Key deliverables for 2013/14:
      most deprived areas of Scotland                 −− There will be a measureable
      including staff and equipment such                 increase in early detection of
      as tele-health facilities, learning from           cancer across Scotland, and
      and rolling out successful initiatives             particularly in deprived areas
      such as the ‘Deep-end’ GP practices                resulting in better outcomes
      in Glasgow.
                                                      −− Implementation of new restrictions
      Key deliverables for 2013/14:                      on tobacco advertising will result
      −− There will be a new focus on                    in a reduced rate of smoking
         targeting resources to the most                 amongst teenagers
         deprived areas
      −− The successful approach developed
         in the ‘Deep-end’ GP practices will
         be rolled out more widely across
         relevant areas of Scotland reducing
         the risk of admission to hospital
         and improving outcomes for
         people in Scotland’s most deprived
         communities
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3. Securing the value and                                          is an ambitious one and aims to
                                                                   target high value fundraising through
   financial sustainability                                        philanthropy, European funding, and
   of the health and care                                          assessing other models of fundraising.
   services we provide:                                            Key deliverables for 2013/14:
                                                                   −− A new fund to provide pump-
■■   Establish a vision for the health and
                                                                      priming for innovative approaches in
     social care workforce for 2020, and
                                                                      healthcare will result in more small/
     setting out a clear plan of actions
                                                                      medium Scottish companies working
     which will have an immediate effect –
                                                                      with NHSScotland to develop and
     We will take forward a major
                                                                      test solutions which improve the
     programme to work in partnership
                                                                      quality of care and contribute to
     with staff, professional bodies, and
                                                                      Scottish economic growth
     unions to establish and agree a vision
     for the health and care workforce                             −− A new procurement portal will be
     required to realise the 2020 Vision.                             established to encourage small/
     We will develop a detailed action plan                           medium enterprises and other
     with key deliverables which start to                             partners, including third sector,
     have a significant positive impact for                           to work with NHSScotland
     staff and patients in 2013/14 and
     each year thereafter. One of the early                   ■■   Increase efficiency and productivity
     actions will be a focus on workforce                          through more effective use of unified
     planning to ensure that we have the                           approaches coupled with local
     right people, in the right numbers in                         solutions and decision making where
     the right jobs.                                               appropriate – We will fully implement
                                                                   the Efficiency and Productivity
     Key deliverables for 2013/14:                                 Portfolio of action at scale, including
     −− 2020 Vision for NHSScotland                                a specific focus on implementing
        workforce published in June 2013                           shared services where possible
        following extensive consultation                           and appropriate, reducing drug
     −− Implementation plan to deliver                             costs through a single programme
        2020 Workforce Vision through                              management focus on prescribing
        modernisation, leadership and                              savings, which better co-ordinates
        management by November 2013                                both the national and local work in
                                                                   this area and optimises the use of
■■   Increase our investment in new                                management information to highlight
     innovations which both increase                               areas for improvement.
     quality of care, and reduce costs
                                                                   Key deliverables for 2013/14:
     and simultaneously provide growth
                                                                   −− A review of national services to
     in the Scottish economy – The new
                                                                      NHSScotland will be carried out
     Innovation Partnership Board which
                                                                      with recommendations to increase
     has been established to take forward
                                                                      shared services and to achieve
     the joint Statement of Intent between
                                                                      further contributions to the
     government, NHS and industry will
                                                                      shift required of resources from
     additionally be asked to oversee
                                                                      management to front-line services,
     a new Innovation Fund which will
                                                                      where this does not negatively
     be tested through two initial pilots
                                                                      impact on the quality of care.
     before role out to scale. The approach
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ROUTE MAP TO THE 2020 VISION FOR HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE
                                12 Priority
                    Quality
      Triple Aim                 Areas for                 25 Key Deliverables for 2013/14
                   Ambitions
                               Improvement
                                                      Person-centred Health and Care Collaborative
                                                 1
                    Person-    Person-centred         implemented
                    centred         Care              Information and support to enable people at
                                                 2
                                                      home and during times of transition
                                                 3    Further increase in safety in Scottish hospitals
                                                 4    New broader measure of safety developed (SPSI)
                     Safe        Safe Care            Maternity, mental health and primary care
                                                      components of the Scottish Patient Safety
                                                 5
                                                      Programme implemented with measureable
                                                      improvements
                                                 6    Implementation of new GP contract
                                Primary Care     7    2020 Vision for expanded primary care
                                                 8    New models of ‘place-based’ primary care
      Quality of
        Care                    Unscheduled   9 Out of hospital care action plan
                               and Emergency 10 Sustainable performance on 4-hour A&E waits
                                    Care     11 Increase flow through the system
                                                 12 New Bill
                                                    Preparatory work with NHS Boards, local
                               Integrated Care      authorities, third and independent sector and
                                                 13
                                                    the building of effective Integrated Health and
                                                    Social Care Partnerships
                                                    Key pressure points in the entire patient
                                  Care for       14 pathway for most common multiple illnesses
                                  Multiple          will be identified and actions agreed
                                and Chronic         Through more detailed analysis of existing
                                 Illnesses       15 data, people will be identified as ‘at risk’ and
                                                    anticipatory plans will be agreed
                   Effective                        The world’s first national multi-agency quality
                                Early Years      16 improvement programme will be implemented
                                                    across partner organisations

  Health of the                                  17 New focus on most deprived areas
                                   Health
   Population                   Inequalities          ‘Deep-end’ GP practices approach rolled out
                                                 18
                                                      more widely across relevant areas
                                                 19 Early detection of cancer
                                 Prevention
                                                 20 New restrictions on tobacco advertising
                                                 21 2020 Vision for NHSScotland workforce
                                 Workforce            Detailed action plan agreed to deliver 2020
                                                 22
                                                      Workforce Vision
                                                      A new fund to provide pump-priming for
                                                 23
    Value and                                         innovative approaches in healthcare
  Sustainability                 Innovation         A new procurement portal will be
                                                 24 established to encourage working with
                                                    SMEs and third sector
                               Efficiency and
                                                 25 Recommendations to increase shared services
                                Productivity
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