Community Networks Meeting your community’s health and social care needs FEEDBACK FROM ENGAGEMENT EVENTS

Community Networks

Tasks Each group was asked to: o Review the ‘picture of your population’. What did this tell them? Are there any gaps? Discuss which order the priorities should be in for their area. Agree/debate the order of priorities as a group. Consider: are there services that every area needs? Any gaps? Any services not required in their area? Any services that they would expand?

Sandwich/Ash Network Top 3 Needs High proportion of people aged over 65 High proportion of people with dementia High number of young people in need of mental health services

Priorities Community HospitalsMental HealthDementiaOlder People’s services Long term conditions – End of Life Care – Care in the Home CancerChildrenUnscheduled (Emergency) CareHeart & CirculationMusculoskeletal ServicesRespiratory servicesLearning DisabilitiesNon-emergency Diagnostic & Non-emergency Medical servicesHospital Outpatient Services

Sandwich/Ash Network Top Priority Community hospital Better utilisation of the location Step up/step down beds needed Older people in the area – prefer a physical ‘hub’ to anchor on to, rather than a virtual ‘network’ of services

Sandwich/Ash Network 2 nd Priority Mental health All ages Specific gaps in dementia and young people’s mental health Don’t know where to go Advice & guidance for family/friends of people with early dementia who are unwilling to admit they need intervention Access to psychiatrists currently low/non-existent Underfunded

Sandwich/Ash Network 3 rd Priority Older people’s services High population over 65 Includes: LTC End of Life Loan Store Care in the Home All impact on each other

Post-it! Messages Community services spend very small compared to the total budget – can we pull anything out of the other services (hospital services etc)? Discovery park – plans for residential expansion – will change local needs – need to plan for the future Older, more affluent population – more able to afford & access care Older people - would like the ‘real world’ rather than a ‘virtual world’ – hub rather than network Similar idea to citizen’s advice bureau – physical place signposting to correct services in area/drop-in to services in one location (even if only for one day a week) Better utilisation of existing community centres, libraries, GP practices, tourist information office etc.

Post-it! Messages Mental health services currently focus on older people – have a gap in CAMHS provision Early intervention for dementia – local advice ?dementia helpline in GP surgeries for carers – denial for patients an issue Advice/practical solutions for people with early dementia A number of people in the area use services at deal hospital Community provision will have a large impact on unscheduled care Sandwich & Ash caught between Canterbury, Thanet and SKC services

Next Steps This is a three year programme of work 18 th September meeting to review findings Locally driven – Stakeholder Forums – Based around individual networks Dedicated page on website – involved/a-picture-of-health/ involved/a-picture-of-health/

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