Abstract

Salford Integrated Care Programme (SICP) is revolutionising the delivery of care with more ‘joined up’ services for older people with long-term conditions and social care needs. It includes better access to community resources and support to help people manage their own health; the development of an integrated contact centre to assist people to get the right support; and multi-disciplinary teams to make sure different services work together to get the best possible results for those people with most needs. The programme is being driven forward by Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford City Council, NHS Salford Clinical Commissioning Group and Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The £1.2M CLASSIC (Comprehensive Longitudinal Assessment of Salford Integrated Care) research study will investigate whether SICP is a success and why, by asking 4,000 older people about their care over two years as the changes are rolled out. It is funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS & DR) Programme and is a collaboration between health and social care organisations in Salford and The University of Manchester.