Report: Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care - NHS Focus

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of working in partnership within the health and social care sector, focusing on the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. It begins with an introduction to the philosophy of partnership, highlighting the importance of collaboration between various stakeholders. The report then delves into different models of partnership, including hybrid, unified, coalition, and coordinated models, evaluating their strengths and weaknesses. It further examines current legislation and organizational practices, such as the Care Act 2014 and the Health and Social Care Act 2012, emphasizing the legal frameworks that govern partnership working. The report also explores how differences in working practices can affect collaborative efforts, including issues related to employment policies, geographical areas, communication, and government policies. Finally, the report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of effective partnership working in delivering high-quality health and social care services. The report references various books and journals, providing a solid foundation for its analysis.

WORKING IN
PARTNERSHIP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 The philosophy of working in partnership in health and social care....................................1
1.2. Partnership relationship within health and social care services ..........................................2
2.1 Models of partnership working across health and social care sector ...................................3
2.2 Current legislation and organizational practices and policies for partnership working in
health and social care..................................................................................................................4
2.3 Impact of differences in working practices affect collaborative working ............................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Partnership is a formal arrangement in which two of more parties operate a business. It
can be between anybody either doctor or nurse, doctor or patient etc. This assignment will
include National health service that provide healthcare services In UK. The organisation is
funded primarily by taxation. Moreover, This assignment will include philosophy of working in
partnership in health and social care. Also, It will inform about partnership relationship within
health and social care. Furthermore, It will include models of partnership working across health
and social care. Also, This assignment will provide understanding of strategies to improve
outcome for partnership working in health and social care.
TASK 1
Covered in PPT
TASK 2
Report :
To : NHS psychological department
Subject : Working in partnership
2.1 Models of partnership working across health and social care sector
There are various models which are considered for partnership working in health and
social care. This models are as follows :
Hybrid Model : As per this model the partnership working is formed for achieving the
social objectives and their surpluses in reinvested to address a social needs. The Hybrid model
is a combination of two or more models as thus it is more beneficial than other models as it
present the combination to two models (Howard and Barrell, 2016). By using this model an
effective partnership can be formed which will assist in providing quality services in health and
social care. This model can be implemented in health and social care which for forming
partnership to provide high quality services.
Unified Model : It is based on amalgamated management, training and staffing
structures for its services. It is delivered by different sectors but are closely united in their
operations. Professionals such as occupational therapists, social workers etc. all work from the
same place but in collaboration (Lewis and et.al., 2017). This models provide various benefits
such as effective communication, better team relationship, information is shared immediately
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and more easily.
The Coalition Model : It refers to collaboration between two or more independent
organisation. As per this Model, The management, staff and training work in a federated
partnership. The partners using this model plan together, their management is integrated but
they work separately (Linn and et.al, 2017). Advantages of this model is that problems are
identified more effectively, It is more cost effective and there is clarity of professional
accountability.
Coordinated Model : According to this model, services work together a planned and
systematic manner towards the agreed goals and objectives. In this model, the individual
remains in different organisation and locations but develop formal ways of working together.
The advantages of this model is that in helps in coordinated working but as there is less
interaction between the individual and organisation the communication is not so effective due to
which there may be problems in service delivery.
For example, Unified model is an effective way to work in collaboration in health and social
care. In which different organisation work in coordination for share objective and provide high
quality services to people such as children and young people suffering from mental health
problems.
2.2 Current legislation and organisational practices and policies for partnership working in
health and social care.
The organisation which are working in health and social care require following the rules
and regulation as per the national legislation. There are various legislation which must be
comply in order to work in partnership. Organisation must formulate policies and procedure
based on the national legislation (Palmer And et.al., 2017). The health and social care service
provider working in partnership require following the legislation which includes active
involvement of users during provision of services, need to seek consent of patient before
performing medical treatments such as operations etc.
The legislation also provide their must not be any discrimination with anybody involved
in partnership. The organisation involved in partnership working must formulate policies
regarding quality and diversity. Equal opportunity's means treating the individual fairly without
discriminating on the basis of their age, gender, race etc (Linn and et.al., 2018). Also, It is
required to manage equal opportunities that means practices which are implemented must be
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monitored to ensure that people are treated unfairly. The legislation aim at improving quality of
social care services. Current legislation includes :
The Care Act, 2014 : This Act consist of statutory requirement for local authorities to
collaborate with other public health authorities. As per this Act, It is identified that partnership
working require improvement. It also contains provisions regarding Duty of care and
safeguarding policies. It provides the code of practice for vulnerable adults and promote
working in partnership. The legislation effectively consider Autonomy for well – being.
Health and social care Act, 2012 : It promotes collaborative working and provide
direction to partners to improve their service quality. As peer this Act, Local authorities have to
prepare joint health and well being strategies that will provide understanding of provision
regarding health and social care services. NHS and care Quality commission are in partnership
to service their common purpose which is to improve outcome for their patients. NHS and CQC
are committed to working together to deliver their statutory duty set out in health and social
care Act, 2012. This legislation creates legal conditions for partnerships in health and social
care services. This Act focus on setting regulation that will enhance quality of health and social
care.
2.3 Impact of differences in working practices affect collaborative working
The partnership relations are effective if there is a similarity between the working
practices and policies of partners. There are conflicts between organisations due to difference
in the policies and practices adopted by them. The difference in employment policies there are
recruitment of inappropriate staff members due to which there is a risk of termination of
partnership working. Due to difference in geographical areas of partners may create problems in
working together. Collaborative working is also affected due to lack of interaction between
research and policy maker.
Moreover, ineffective service planning may also affect in collaborative working as the
organisation will not be able to provide high quality services to patients due to ineffective
planning. Furthermore, The collaborative working is affected due to various government
policies and procedures regarding health and social care which affect the organisation working
in partnership (Sixsmith and et.al., 2017). Working in partnership is also affected due to poor
communication between the partners. The collaborative working is also affected due to
influence of national policy. The policy has an impact on delivery of services regarding health
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and social care and partnership working.
The policy document related to commissioning framework of health and well- being.
This framework enhances the use of existing structure such as Local strategic partnership and
Local Area agreement to widen the areas of services provided to local patients (Partnership
working: the facts, 2016). There are various factors which affect collaborative working such as
power and budget struggle, lack of timeliness and relevance of research, Mutual mistrust etc.
The High staff turnover may also affect working in partnership. Moreover, due to impact on
collaborative working there is a risk of poor care, abuse etc.
CONCLUSION
From the above study it has concluded about working in partnership in health and social
care which means organisation and various agencies or individual come together to provide high
quality services in health and social care sector. This assignment has provided understanding of
philosophies of working in partnership in health and social care sector which has given
understanding about Empowerment, power sharing, making informed decisions etc. Moreover,
It has contained information of models of partnership working such as Hybrid, Unified,
collaborative etc. Also, This study has given information of current legislation such as Care Act,
2014, health and social care Act, 2012 etc.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Curtis, E., 2017. Developing Effective Cultures of Student Partnership in Higher Education.
In Empowering 21st Century Learners Through Holistic and Enterprising Learning.(pp.
125-131). Springer. Singapore.
Darwin, Z.J. And et.al., 2017. Promoting and protecting parents’ mental health through working
in partnership: Qualitative interview study with fathers in the postnatal
period. (Publication TBC).
Desha, C., Robinson, D. and Sproul, A., 2015. Working in partnership to develop engineering
capability in energy efficiency. Journal of Cleaner Production. 106. pp.283-291.
Fredman, G., 2016. Fostering good relationships: partnership work in therapy with looked after
and adopted children. Karnac Books.
Goodall, J., 2018. Leading for parental engagement: working towards partnership.
Howard, C. and Barrell, R., 2016. Working in Partnership: Using Students as Change Agents and
Active Participants in Course Development.
Lewis, F. and et.al., 2017. Home ward: our partnership journey towards integrated
care. International Journal of Integrated Care. 17(5).
Linn, A. and et.al, 2017. Digital Identity: Understanding How Students View their Digital Identity
Working in Partnership with Students to Develop a Positive Digital Identity.
Linn, A. and et.al., 2018. Working in Partnership With Medical Students to Embed Digital Skills
Development into the Curriculum.
Palmer, C.J. And et.al., 2017. Early intervention and identification strategies for young people at
risk of developing mental health issues: working in partnership with schools in B
irmingham, UK. Early intervention in psychiatry.11(6). pp.471-479.
Sixsmith, J. and et.al., 2017. Ageing well in the right place: partnership working with older
people. Working with Older People. 21(1). pp.40-48.
Online
Partnership working: the facts.2016. [Online]. Available through
:<https://www.nhsconfed.org/-/media/Confederation/Files/Publications/Documents/Partnership-
working.pdf>
Review of children and young people’s mental health services. 2017. [Online]. Available
through : <https://www.cqc.org.uk/sites/default/files/20171103_cypmhphase1_report.pdf>
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