All Together Better

General information

Sunderland is All Together Better

All Together Better is an exciting new partnership, bringing together health and social care professionals as well as other local support agencies to help improve services for people who need a little bit more help than most. These people are usually older and have several ‘complex conditions’ – quite a few illnesses and/or disabilities. They are often already getting support from health and social care services or are being looked after by family members or friends.

All Together Better is designed to help these people when, for example they get an unexpected illness that makes their condition worse, and their usual support is not enough.

One of the main aims of the partnership is to help people stay out of hospital and as independent as possible, at home (which could be a care home) or, if they have been in hospital, make sure they have the right care and support to help them back on their feet, when they get home.

All Together Better includes GPs; district nurses; social workers; social care (home assessment and equipment); Age UK Sunderland staff and volunteers; as well as a range of other health professionals like pharmacists and therapists working as one team. An important partner is the Sunderland Carers Centre who offers a range of information, advice and support to family members and friends who look after others in a caring role and Age UK Sunderland ‘All Together Better Champions’ – volunteers in the community who help people understand the services available to them through All Together Better

To find out lots more about the programme go to www.atbsunderland.org.uk or email us at atb@nhs.net