LOCAL IMPROVEMENT FINANCE TRUST

(LIFT)

OUR NEEDS

Primary Care that is:

Under doctored – up to 6% growth needed

Under nursed and short of other professionals

Single/double handed GPs: 45%

Age profile (50+) of GPs/Others: 43%

Constrained by inadequate premises

MODERNISE PRIMARY CAREComing together of the following partnership organisations

PCT, including Clinical Leaders

Local Authority,

2 General Hospitals,

1 Mental Health Trust

and local voluntary groups.

PROCESS

PCT Strategy

Foundation Day

Shaping the Strategy

Infrastructure Event

Locality Days

Investment for Health Event

Consolidation & Wider Consultation

LEADERS

Community

DTCs

General Hospitals

Specialist Hospitals

PC Centres

OUR VISION

One stop local Primary Care Centres will build:

Active and strengthened Primary Care

Integrated Primary and Secondary Care

Integrated Health and Social Care

Wellness for our diverse local communities

Local delivery of NHS plan and NSF targets

LIFT HELPS US TO ACHIEVE THE VISIONBecause it is a strategic ‘Whole System’ approach that will:

Build new primary care facilities –

for an extended range of integrated local services

Offer GPs, Dentists, Pharmacists, Social Services,

Leisure, Others etc, flexible lease arrangements

Improve our patients’ experience

Facilitate change in areas of greatest need

BENEFITS OF LIFT

Improvements in services

Local accessibility enhanced

Improvements in quality of patient experience

Better working environment

Scope to develop and/or expand

Scope to develop integrated services

Flexibility

Allows providers to concentrate on users

BENEFITS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES FROM LIFT

Close working with PCT on constituents needs

Access to skilled Partnering services

Regeneration and social agendas at heart of LIFT

Scope for more and better use of resources and grants (people, property and finance)

Ready made Contractor for scheme implementation (saves tendering – too small PFI, etc)

Fits with Local Authorities’ modernisation agenda

Ground Floor PlanGross External Area 523sq m

First Floor PlanGross External Area 523sq m

Second Floor PlanGross External Area 523sq m

MONKS PARK / ST.RAPHAELS PRIMARY CARE CENTRE

MILESTONES

Breathless pace!

Dec 2002: SSDP & OJEC

Mar 2003: Short list & issue ITN

Jun 2003: Receive the Bids

Sep 2003: Select Preferred

Partner

Dec 2003: Financial Close

2004 Projects on site

LOCAL IMPROVEMENT FINANCE TRUST

(LIFT)