Common use of Care Model Clause in Contracts

Care Model. The care model represents a significant change in how the Trust will deliver services to our local population, now and in the future. By fundamentally transforming the way we work and using the resources available to us differently, the Trust will be able to provide a credible, robust service offer which is financially sustainable and enables a cultural shift for both staff and local people in approaches towards health care and wellbeing. There will be a significant focus on changing culture and behaviour; moving from a paternalistic relationship between professional and patient, to a partnership approach where identifying ‘what matters to you’ is the new focus, as opposed to the traditional ‘what is the matter with you’ relationship. The Trust seeks to develop multi-agency partnership arrangements and ensure that volunteers, carers, neighbourhoods and civic functions all play an equal role within integrated multi-disciplinary teams, in the attainment of a balanced and empowered way of life for our residents of Torbay and South Devon. Shifting the focus of care into the community and away from a bed-based model of care. Providing consistent and reliable alternatives to hospital admission and embedding the ethos that, wherever possible, “the best bed is your own bed”.