The National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes are high-level statements of what we are seeking to achieve through integration and the pursuit of quality improvement across health and social care.
By working with individuals and local communities, we will support people to achieve the following outcomes:
- Healthier living: People are able to look after and improve their own health and wellbeing and live in good health for longer.
- Independent living: People, including those with disabilities, long-term conditions, or who are frail, are able to live as far as reasonably practicable, independently at home, or in a homely setting, in their community.
- Positive experiences: People who use health and social care services have positive experiences of those services, and have their dignity respected.
- Quality of life: Health and social care services are centred on helping to maintain or improve the quality of life of service users.
- Reducing health inequalities: Health and social care services contribute to reducing health inequalities.
- Carers are supported: People who provide unpaid care are supported to look after their own health and wellbeing, including reducing any negative impact of their caring role on their own health and well-being.
- People are safe: People who use health and social care services are safe from harm.
- Engaged workforce: People who work in health and social care services are supported to continuously improve the information, support, care and treatment they provide, and feel engaged with the work they do.
- Resources are used effectively and efficiently: To deliver best value and ensure scarce resources are used effectively and efficiently in the provision of health and social care services.
The nine outcomes provide a framework for measuring the impact of integrated health and social care on the health and wellbeing of individuals.
Progress of delivering on the outcomes and a core suite of performance indicators are reported in our Annual Report.
