This document provides an in-depth update on the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams (INT) project, detailing its impact, challenges, and future directions within the East Riding Health and Care Committee’s Vibrant and Healthy Communities Programme.

Some key points include:

• Evaluation Framework and Outcomes: The report evaluates the INT project across three focus areas: population, individuals, and integration, aligning benefits to the East Riding’s five focus areas of INTs.
• Key Findings and Benefits: The INT project has led to service transformation, increased understanding of communities, and improved access to services through co-location and joint intelligence work with VCSE partners.
• Individual Benefits: Individuals have benefitted from a holistic view of care, personalized support, and direct access to appropriate services, resulting in more streamlined support.
• Integration Benefits: Integration has had a significant impact, enabling professionals to overcome connectivity barriers, work proactively, and develop direct relationships, improving overall system maturity.
• Challenges Faced: INTs have faced challenges such as ensuring full understanding of INTs among professionals, maintaining engagement, inconsistent communication, and data sharing issues.
• Broader System Challenges: Systemic issues include the need for formal leadership development, a single care record, and overcoming rigid referral processes and passive participation from some partners.
• Future Scope and Opportunities: Future opportunities include linking strategy to tangible action, increasing VCSE capacity, and further integrating the system to ensure holistic care and shared resources.
• Recommendations for the Committee: The Committee is recommended to share the report with system partners, act on growth opportunities, and support continued evaluation to understand progress and share key learning across the system.
• INT Case Studies: The document includes detailed case studies from various INTs, highlighting their unique approaches, successes, and challenges in addressing local needs.
• Next Steps: The next steps involve sharing evaluation findings with all INTs, continuing evaluation work, and measuring and reporting outcomes to ensure continuous improvement.

The report can be viewed and downloaded below.