Personalised Care

Personalised Care simply means that patients have more control and choice when it comes to the way their care is planned and delivered, considering individual needs, preferences, and circumstances.

Personalsied Care represents a major practice change to the NHS and is a key part of the NHS Long Term Plan. It is a whole system approach designed to give people choice.

Research has shown that when patients can be involved in decision making around personalsied healthcare, there are generally better outcomes, experiences, and reduced health inequalities.

It has also led to a range of new roles that further improve the quality of care that patients receive, offering time to talk to work on what matters to the individual.

They also aim to enable and empower people to manage their own health and wellbeing through health coaching, access to self-management programmes and to peer support in the community.

• SHARED DECISION MAKING
• PERSONALISED CARE AND SUPPORT PLANNING
• ENABLING CHOICE
• SOCIAL PRESCRIBING
• SUPPORT SELF-MANAGEMENT
• PERSONAL HEALTH BUDGETS (PHB)

• Health and Wellbeing Coaches
• Care Coordinators
• Collaborative Care Team
• SPRING Social Prescribers
• Social Prescribing Link Workers

We also collaborate with other services such as Ageing Well and Supporting Independence Teams.

GPA have invested knowledge, skills, and resources, to enable our Personalised Care services to deliver quality care and support in our local population. Our staff have access to support, supervision, and training, which includes our monthly Communities of Practice and the Wellbeing Launchpad, our online directory of services.

Empowering people to develop their skills, knowledge, confidence, and motivation to manage their own health and wellbeing can result in more effective use of healthcare services.