How can getting together with other people for a chat make health services work better? 

There is a lot of attention on the pressures that the NHS and social care services are facing.  Part of the solution comes from partnerships across different parts of the services and especially with the community sector.  That starts when people get together for a chat, hear the suggestions from other people and get a bit of space to look at things in a different way. 

Over the past few years Outside the Box has been working with people in the NHS and councils, national bodies, and community groups.  The work was in partnership with Healthcare Improvement Scotland. 

Our latest Community Solutions report shows what the collective ideas and experience can do:

• Taking pressure off health and social care services 
• Helping people get to the services they need more quickly, and get back home more quickly 
• People having a better quality of life and keeping well 
• Making better use of our overall resources and skills. 

We show practical ways to make this happen, and how to avoid the unintended barriers that can get in the way.  You can use the experience and learning from lots of people and places and benefit from them getting together and finding solutions.