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Scotland 26. – 27. April 2015

Scotland 26. – 27. April 2015. Helge Ramsdal Østfold University College Never-ending Reforms - Collaboration in Health and Social Care in Norway. «Collaboration in mental health care». «The health and social care system». 20 % of work force in health and social services

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Scotland 26. – 27. April 2015

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  1. Scotland 26. – 27. April 2015 Helge Ramsdal Østfold University College Never-ending Reforms - Collaboration in Health and Social Care in Norway

  2. «Collaboration in mental health care»

  3. «The health and social care system» 20 % ofwork force in health and social services Scandinavian traditions: «theprofessionstate» Modernisation: quality, costefficiency, equality – from NPM to NPG Challenges: - Demographicchanges - Complexity – wicked problems (mental health, addiction, poor immigrants, …..

  4. The Norwegian welfare state • Pop.: 5 mill. • A «municipal» welfare state: • 430 local authorities, «general» municipalities in charge of medical services, elderly care, mental health, social services incl. housing (and much more). • 19 counties: • Reduced role in health and social policies. Since 2002: public health issues • State: • In charge of specialised services/hospitals since 2002, co-funding local services, national guidelines etc.

  5. Norway health and social policies - the context The steering problem no. 1: Verticalcoordination – State and municipalities - statefunding, localimplementation. But: 400 to 400.000 pop. The steering problem no. 2: Horizontalintegration - Coordinationofsectors, services, agencies, professionals at locallevels. But: localauthorityorganisationmodelsvarysubstantially

  6. Never-ending reforms to obtain better integration and coordination: 1)NAV reform 2000: Labour, Insurance, Social services, integratingstate and municipalsocialwelfare services. «One door» to all welfareservices. 2) The Mental Health reform: 1999 – 2009: «A failure in all services» - focusoncoordinationof hospital and municipal services. 3) The Hospital Reform 2002: Specialisedhealth services/hospitals transfered from counties to stateresponsibility, regional and hospital authorities – the «NHS» NPM design.

  7. 3) The Coordination Reform: «Proper treatment at the right place and right time» - 2009 – 2017 Problems: • More people are falling ill, • population is ageing, • more people need help for longer periods, • more diseases are treatable with new technology, and the queues are lengthening for specialisthealthcare services. Challenges: • Patients’ needs for coordinated services are not being sufficiently met. • In the services there is too little initiative aimed at limiting and preventing disease. • Population development and the changing range of illnesses among the population.

  8. Measures - Key steps for proper treatment Key step 1: A clearer role for the patient • Patientpathways to «permeate» all services • Contact point for the patient • Review of the statutory framework –patients’ rights Key step 2: New role for municipalities in future • Futuremunicipaltasks • Binding system of agreements between municipalities and health authorities • Reinforcing preventative health work • Better medical services in the municipalities

  9. Measures cont. Key step 3: Financial incentives • Municipal co-financing • Municipal responsibility for patients ready for discharge • Increased financial framework of the specialist health care services Key step 4: Enabling the specialist health care services to apply their specialisedcompetence more • Administrative systems • Competence • Pilot hospitals Key step 5: Facilitating better-defined priorities • National Health Plan

  10. 3) The Coordination Reform – steering instruments • Legal measures – «The idea of the new municipality» - e.g. abandoning the «professions’ protocol» and organization of local services – local «medical centres». • Formal agreements between hospitals and municipalities on coordination related to e.g. diagnosis groups – patient pathways. • Financial – municipal co-funding of hospital services

  11. Four issues: • The Collaboration reform as a political steering innovation: - «new governance», or?... • «Patient pathways» - «scientific-bureaucratic medicine», or?... • Welfare technology (municipal care) – an «innovation journey», or?... • Preventive health care/public health - new methodologies for implementing well-known policies, or?...

  12. 1. The Collaboration reform as a political steering innovation: - «new governance», or?... • The traditional reform design models of the Scandinavian welfare states (1945 – ca.1990) – mix of hierachic, detailed steering instruments • A transition period: centralization and de-centralization – «the new municipality» (mental health reform and the hospital reform) (1990- 2000) • The Collaboration reform – new governance/WOG? A «direction» reform – indirect steering instruments - dialogues • Empirical studies on reform design (mix of steering instruments)

  13. Collaboration reform - a «new governance» reform ? Four researchtopics: 1) The Reform design – mix ofsteering instruments – will «newgovernance» approachesimproveverticalcoordination or willweseenewschismsbetweenmunicipal and hospital services? 2) The «processperspective» oncoordination – whataretheconsequencesofimplementingpatientpathways? 3) The introductionofwelfaretechnologies in municipalties – will it reducetheneed for care personell – more need for collaboration and coordination? 4) The strengtheningofpublichealthstrategies - willnewsocialengineeringmethodologieswork?

  14. Comparing four health reforms

  15. References Ramsdal, Helge: From hierarchical steering to dialogic governance? An analysis of four welfare state reforms in Norway, in: Barroso, J. and L.M. Carvalho (eds.): Knowledge and Regulatory Processes in Health and Education Policies. EDUCA, Lisbon 2012. (Ch. 3, pp. 89 – 131). Ramsdal, Helge and Mona. J. Fineide: Les défis de la réforme de la santé mentale. L’expérience de la Norvège (The Challenge of Mental Health Reform – Experiences from Norway). Revue de Sociologie de la Sante nr. 34, 2011 Autumn Ramsdal, Helge, Mona J. Fineide: Clinical Pathways as regulatory tool in Mental Health Policies. Report on Regulations in Health Policies in Norway, KnowandPol,Project n° 0288848-2 co funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Program, October 2010, www.knowandpol.eu The Coordination reform, English version: http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/HOD/Dokumenter%20INFO/Samhandling%20engelsk_PDFS.pdf

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