ICAN is the local interpretation of a scheme in development across the country called Integrated Care Systems. Northamptonshire became an ICS on 1st July 2022.
The aim of integrated care is to give people the support they need, joined up across social services, NHS and the voluntary sector. It aims to remove the divisions between the NHS and council services and between different aspects of health – hospitals, GPs, mental and physical health.
These divisions have led in the past to people experiencing disjointed care. There are partnerships developing across the country between organizations that meet health and care needs across an area, to coordinate services and to plan to improve population health and reduce social inequalities.
An important part of this is that decisions about how services are arranged are made locally, in the area in which they live.
The overall aim is to keep people healthy and out of hospital, enjoying their lives for as long as possible and building resilience.
ICAN aims to support those living with long term health conditions such as diabetes, dementia and heart related illness.
ICAN, or Integrated Care Across Northamptonshire, is our local interpretation of the ICS project. The overall aim is to meet the needs of our ageing local population and to help people to “Choose Well, Stay Well and Live Well”.
In order to achieve this, we have different support options in place across the organisation including Community Asset Groups:
If you, or the person you care for, is coming for a memory assessment at the Corby Community Diagnostic Centre, watch this subtitled video to find out how it all works. Read more
Dementia Activity and Information groups are for those living with memory problems or dementia and their informal carers Read more
Referral to the Memory Hubs is via the memory assessment service only as there is a criteria for these groups. Read more
Pumped Up! is a network of support groups for people living with Heart Failure or who have had a Heart Attack. Read more
Our Diabetes groups are a network of support groups for people over 60, living with type 1 or type 2 Diabetes and their carers or loved ones. Read more
Ageing Well is a project which aims to bring about the ideological and working practice change necessary to properly join health / social / wellbeing services. Read more
Get Up & Go is part of a county-wide falls prevention programme providing OTAGO strength and balance exercise classes for older adults, or those who have a fear of falling, had a fall or are at risk of falling. Read more