COMMUNITY HOSPITALS STRATEGY REFRESH
Since Developing Community Hospitals: A Strategy for Scotland was published in December 2006 there have been significant changes in the policy landscape and the challenges that face the NHS. In April 2012, the Scottish Government produced a strategy refresh to update the 2006 strategy.
The strategy refresh builds on the work started by the Developing Community Hospitals: A Strategy for Scotland and reflects on how current strategic priorities should influence the vision for community hospitals. The strategy refresh highlights a number of good practice examples and action points for the Scottish Government and NHS Boards that will deliver a bright vision for the future development of community hospitals through:
- ensuring that people who utilise community hospitals are the centre of care pathways;
- provision for the development of the workforce in community hospitals; and
- identifying how community hospitals can de developed to better provide for local communities.
This work will be underpinned and supported by a Community Hospital Learning and Improvement network hosted by NHS National Education Scotland. Details of how to access this support will be published shortly.