A partnership project which is delivering improved health and social care and reduced the number of unnecessary hospital admissions in Suffolk has been shortlisted for a national award.
Connect Suffolk has been shortlisted in the category Improved Partnerships between Health and Local Government in the Health Service Journal Awards 2016.
The collaborative project involves close working across the NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk and NHS West Suffolk clinical commissioning groups, Suffolk County Council, local district and borough councils, Ipswich and West Suffolk hospitals, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Community Action Suffolk, Suffolk Congress, Suffolk Community Healthcare and Suffolk Constabulary.
