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Realising the value of person-centred care

22 May 2015

We’d like to update you on Realising the Value - a programme funded by NHS England to support the shift towards a person-centred health and care system, where people and communities are actively involved in their health and care.

You can find out how to get involved and sign up to receive news about the programme by visiting the Realising the Value website.

Background on Realising the Value

Realising the Value aims to gather evidence on what good person-centred care looks like and its potentially wide-reaching benefits, such as better mental and physical health, cost savings and wider social value, for example strong community ties. We’re going to find, test and share the best ways that people can work with health professionals and their wider community to be more in control of their health. We will create a set of tools to enable these approaches to be taken up more widely nationally.

We’re currently in the first phase of the programme and will be assessing the potential for impact of person-centred care approaches by reviewing existing formal and informal evidence. Based on the evidence, we will focus on a limited number of interventions and work directly with a small number of local sites and wider stakeholders. This will enable us to develop and test tools and resources to encourage uptake of good person-centred care from the autumn 2015.

Realising the Value is funded by NHS England and delivered by Nesta and the Health Foundation working in partnership with Voluntary Voices (made up of National Voices, Regional Voices, NAVCA and Volunteering Matters), the Institute of Health and Society at Newcastle University and the Behavioural Insights Team.