Preventative Support Planning to Reduce Long-Term Health Inequalities
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Support planning is one of the most important preventative tools available to adult social care providers. Commissioners increasingly expect support plans to move beyond task lists and demonstrate how services actively reduce health inequalities over time.
This expectation aligns closely with support planning and review practice and outcomes-based approaches, where prevention and long-term wellbeing are central.
From reactive care to preventative planning
Preventative support planning focuses on what might go wrong in the future and how this can be avoided. Commissioners expect providers to show how plans anticipate risks linked to health, independence and social inclusion.
This may include planning around physical health deterioration, mental wellbeing or loss of routine.
Embedding health promotion into support plans
Support plans should actively promote healthy behaviours, access to healthcare and engagement in meaningful activity. Commissioners assess whether plans reflect individual health needs rather than generic statements.
Clear links between identified risks, planned actions and expected outcomes are essential.
Regular review and adjustment
Preventative plans must remain live documents. Commissioners expect providers to evidence regular review and adjustment in response to changing needs or circumstances.
This includes responding promptly when plans are no longer effective.
Involving people and advocates
Prevention works best when people understand and agree with their support. Commissioners value evidence that individuals and, where appropriate, families or advocates are involved in shaping preventative strategies.
This supports engagement and improves long-term outcomes.
Oversight and learning from outcomes
At service level, providers should demonstrate how preventative planning is monitored through audits, outcome reviews and quality meetings.
Learning from what works, and what does not, is key to reducing inequalities across the service.
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