FAQ

The Sheffield HCP or Health and Care Partnership is a partnership between seven health, social care and voluntary sector organisations across the city of Sheffield that work together to coordinate and deliver care.

These are Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield City Council, NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group, Primary Care Sheffield Ltd, Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Voluntary Action Sheffield.

The HCP does not have access to independent external funding. Officers and board members attending meetings of the HCP do so as part of their existing roles in their respective organisations; the core team of the HCP is funded from contributions from the HCP partner organisations. Its financial focus is upon the most effective use of the ’Sheffield pound’ (money coming into the city to fund the various aspects of health and social care). This is achieved by enabling transformational service changes across the Sheffield health and social care system which would not be possible without working collaboratively. By working together, the partners can bid for additional national resources or access alternative funding sources which would not be available to individual organisations.

The HCP is a partnership between seven health, social care and voluntary organisations across the city of Sheffield.

Everyone who works for one of these organisations is part of the HCP. There are a number of people from across the HCP partner organisations who are more directly involved and almost all have been aligned to the HCP because the job they do in their organisation fits with the transformation work of the HCP.

The small core HCP team works on behalf of all partners and is made up of 6 staff members. More information can be seen under Meet the Team.

The HCP uses public and staff feedback as well as health outcomes information to identify where there is a need for a change and improvement to how people are supported in the city.  HCP workstreams are responsible for engaging with the public and relevant staff groups to develop recommendations and improvement plans. These go to the HCP Executive Delivery Group and HCP Board for approval. In some cases, decisions will need to be agreed by each of the individual HCP partner organisation boards.

The HCP reports into the Sheffield Joint Health and Wellbeing Board.  The HCP Board sets the strategic direction of the HCP programme and has four formal public meetings a year, which members of the public can attend and ask questions.  For more information about the Joint Health and Wellbeing Board follow this link https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/home/public-health/health-wellbeing-board

An ICS is an Integrated Care System. In an integrated care system, NHS organisations, in partnership with local councils and others, take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population they serve.

In Sheffield we are part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System. This is a partnership of 23 organisations responsible for looking after the health and care of the 1.5 million people living in Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

For more information about the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System please visit their website at https://www.healthandcaretogethersyb.co.uk/

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System (ICS) is a partnership of 23 organisations responsible for looking after the health and care of the 1.5 million people living in Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.

For each area covered by the ICS; Barnsley, Bassetlaw, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, there is a place level partnership. In Sheffield this is called the Sheffield Health and Care Partnership (HCP). The Sheffield HCP works with and aligns with the ICS, but its aims relate specifically to Sheffield.

For more information about the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System please visit their website at https://www.healthandcaretogethersyb.co.uk/

The core Sheffield HCP team is based at 722 Prince of Wales Rd, Sheffield, S9 4EU.