There is a long history of attempts at integration in the NHS. What we have learnt is that integration happens around needs, and that means starting with data and identifying a unifying ambition to meet needs; it has to reduce handovers and fragmentation, providing more continuity, which means INTs do more than coordinate; and it is more than clinical acuity, its the interplay between clinical need and social /environmental context (tough lives) where the NHS is one player in the system of support.
This Video helps you work through what needs are best met by INTs.
Most of the work presented here is set out in the following report:
Malby et al 2023 Universal Healthcare National Inquiry Report, London South Bank University.
You can find more on continuity here:
Becky Malby 
