The contribution Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations make to Health and Social Care

Exploring the VCSE sector contribution

From April 2022 there will be a new planning and delivery structure for Health and Social Care that will bring together Health, Local Authorities and the VCSE sector. This will be called the Integrated Care System (ICS). NHS England issued a design framework for this system in June 2021 that underlined the principles of collaboration and working closer to communities. It says that part of the core purpose of the ICS is to address health inequalities and that the VCSE sector should be a strategic partner that shapes, improves and delivers services. I'm working as the Programme Lead in Derbyshire for the VCSE Leadership Programme. This is a national initiative that looks to ensure that the sector is effectively involved in the new Integrated Care System.

VCSE organisations come in all sizes and undertake all sorts of activity and the benefits of its contribution have been highlighted during the pandemic. This survey is designed to capture good practice and the positive contribution that VCSE groups make to help raise awareness amongst other partners. It also looks to identify what makes partnership work and how you see joint working at the moment. Individual responses will only be seen by me and a fellow consultant, Jo Grant who is gathering feedback. Individual content will not be shared although we would like to use any examples of good practice including partnership working. If you would rather we didn't, please indicate this in the comments box at the end of the survey.

I know that you get lots of surveys but please take a few minutes to complete this one and return by Tuesday 31st August so that we can promote the full contribution that the sector is making.

Thank you for your help,

Wynne Garnett

Programme Lead

VCSE Leadership Programme, (Derbyshire)

wynnegarnett@googlemail.com

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* 1. What strengths and unique selling points do VCSE groups bring to the planning and delivery of health and social care services?

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* 2. Please give any examples from your own organisation or from elsewhere that demonstrate these strengths and unique selling points

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* 3. Please give any examples of good partnership working with statutory health and social care partners and why these have worked. Is there anything that could be done better?

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* 4. Which of the following would help you to fulfil your potential and work effectively with statutory partners?

	Not at all	A little impact	Some impact	Make a big difference
More funding	More funding Not at all	More funding A little impact	More funding Some impact	More funding Make a big difference
Greater security	Greater security Not at all	Greater security A little impact	Greater security Some impact	Greater security Make a big difference
Less competition/more collaboration	Less competition/more collaboration Not at all	Less competition/more collaboration A little impact	Less competition/more collaboration Some impact	Less competition/more collaboration Make a big difference
Capacity to meet rising demand	Capacity to meet rising demand Not at all	Capacity to meet rising demand A little impact	Capacity to meet rising demand Some impact	Capacity to meet rising demand Make a big difference
Greater understanding of Health and Social Care systems	Greater understanding of Health and Social Care systems Not at all	Greater understanding of Health and Social Care systems A little impact	Greater understanding of Health and Social Care systems Some impact	Greater understanding of Health and Social Care systems Make a big difference
Knowing who to contact in statutory organisations	Knowing who to contact in statutory organisations Not at all	Knowing who to contact in statutory organisations A little impact	Knowing who to contact in statutory organisations Some impact	Knowing who to contact in statutory organisations Make a big difference
Better awareness within the statutory sector of the contribution VCSE groups can make	Better awareness within the statutory sector of the contribution VCSE groups can make Not at all	Better awareness within the statutory sector of the contribution VCSE groups can make A little impact	Better awareness within the statutory sector of the contribution VCSE groups can make Some impact	Better awareness within the statutory sector of the contribution VCSE groups can make Make a big difference
Greater learning and skills development within my organisation	Greater learning and skills development within my organisation Not at all	Greater learning and skills development within my organisation A little impact	Greater learning and skills development within my organisation Some impact	Greater learning and skills development within my organisation Make a big difference
More support to understand how you might link with Health and Social Care systems	More support to understand how you might link with Health and Social Care systems Not at all	More support to understand how you might link with Health and Social Care systems A little impact	More support to understand how you might link with Health and Social Care systems Some impact	More support to understand how you might link with Health and Social Care systems Make a big difference

Please use this space to add anything else that would help or to expand on the answers you have given)

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* 5. Do you get referrals through social prescribing?

Yes

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* 6. Do you use a VCSE infrastructure organisation such as a CVS to find out what is happening and to help you connect with statutory health and social care organisations?

Yes

Please use this space to expand on your answer

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* 7. How would you rate the current quality of joint working with statutory health and social care organisations

Poor

Could be better (lots of work to be done)

Reasonable (some work to be done)

Excellent

Please use this space to help us understand your rating

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* 8. How would you measure whether VCSE sector engagement with the new Integrated Care System was working? (Please choose as many options as you want)

Evidence of more involvement in developing plans and priorities

Evidence of more involvement in helping to design services

Evidence of more involvement in delivering services

More investment in the VCSE

Greater choice for service users

Greater community engagement

Improved reach of services into all communities

Improved outcomes for your service users and patients generally

Please add any other measurements we could use to evaluate VCSE engagement

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* 9. Please fill in your contact details. These will enable me to understand whether we are getting a good mix of responses across the county and from organisations undertaking different activities and working with different communities and service users. It also helps me to follow up any responses where I'd like to know more.

Name

Organisation

Activity

Area of benefit

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 10. Many thanks for taking the time to fill this in. Your response will help me to understand what needs to be done to help the VCSE sector engage effectively with other partners to make the most of its strengths and contribution. It will also inform materials we will generate to raise awareness with statutory partners. If you have any questions or want to know more about what is happening, please don't hesitate to contact me. If you have any final thoughts that the questions haven't captured, please use the comment box below. Thanks again,
Wynne Garnett
Programme Lead
VCSE Leadership Programme (Derbyshire)
wynnegarnett@googlemail.com