1. NHS LIFT
David Goldstone
4 December 2001

2. Primary care estate - Condition and Suitability
Why the LIFT approach?
Primary care estate - Condition and Suitability
Fragmentation - Wide range of providers of care
Piecemeal approach - delivers inefficiently
Inflexibility – long leases or ownership
Specific issues in inner cities
NHS Plan targets
To move to
integrated service plans
efficient delivery mechanism

3. NHS LIFT objectives
To contribute to the NHS Plan targets (hard and soft)
To efficiently deliver local investment and improved services
To provide integrated services and facilities
Concentrate on areas of greatest need
Complement, not replace, existing approaches - so no compulsion to be part of a LIFT

4. Scope of LIFT initiative
Community based care facilities and services
Integration with LA services, voluntary sector etc
Local services determined by local requirements
6 initial schemes (covering existing HA areas) then….
…rapid roll out to priority areas
Open-ended

5. Progress already made
Legislation passed
DoH enabling funding
Initial schemes working up service plans, consulting with local teams, practitioners etc
Prospectus, conferences and consultation
Partnerships for Health established as national “delivery vehicle”
Standard documentation, developed and consulted on
2nd wave of schemes planned for end of the year

6. Local Service delivery - the LIFT
A joint venture between
The HA, PCTs, LAs and other stakeholders eg individual practitioners
A private sector partner
Partnerships for Health
Long term relationship to deliver investment/services….
….that fall out of local health strategic plans
A strategic partner for the locality