Healthier Together is the name given to our Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care System (ICS).
The ICS is comprised of ten partner organisations, including the three Local Authorities in our area, NHS Trusts, the new Integrated Care Board and community and General Practice providers.
The Health and Care Act formalised new arrangements to ensure that ICSs became statutory entities in July 2022. This move allows us to build on the successes of our partnership to date and accelerate progress on behalf of the people and communities we serve.
Together, we will work to improve health and wellbeing, reduce inequalities, and provide integrated services for the one million people living in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
Find out more about how the Integrated Care System is structured and who is leading it on our Leadership page.
Find out more about our leadershipOur purpose
Our purpose is to:
- improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
- tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
- support broader social and economic development
- enhance productivity and value for money
Benefits to our local population
The benefits of our ICS approach for the population of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are:
- supporting those with long-term conditions or mental health issues
- supporting people to stay well and independent
- improving the health and children and young people
- getting the best from collective resources so people receive care as quickly as possible
- caring for those with multiple needs as populations age
- acting sooner to help with preventable conditions
The partners that make up our Integrated Care System
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Bristol City Council
- Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- North Somerset Council
- One Care
- Sirona care & health
- South Gloucestershire Council
- South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust