Ealing's Place Based Partnership (PBP) programme is demonstrating success in reducing extended hospital stays for patients, according to a recent meeting of the North West London Joint Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee (JHOSC). The partnerships aim to integrate care around residents' needs, improving access, experience, and outcomes by coordinating budgets and delivery across partners and developing neighbourhood teams to deliver health and social care.
The committee convened on Tuesday 18 November 2025, to discuss various healthcare initiatives across the region. According to the
'Step-Down Beds (MH)' refer to a programme designed to reduce the number of patients staying in hospital for over 60 days.
Other initiatives discussed at the meeting include:
- Hillingdon: Transforming fragmented services into integrated neighbourhood teams.
- Brent: Frailty interventions saving £18m, and asthma support improving care for 65% of children under 17 through targeted work and enhanced support systems.
- Hammersmith & Fulham: Launching an Integrated Community Access Point (ICAP) prototype.
- Hounslow: A new frailty model reducing hospital demand via admission prevention, dementia care, and integrated discharge initiatives.
- Harrow: Launching three Family Hub Networks.
- The Bi-Borough (Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea): Resetting governance and priorities across two boroughs.
Place Based Partnerships are organised around London Borough boundaries and consist of:
- Local Authorities including adult and children's social care, housing and public health
- NHS Providers Community and Mental Health Trusts, primary care providers (inc. GPs and primary care networks or federations), Acute Trusts
- Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations
- NWL ICS representatives from ICS Borough based teams
Councillor Ben Wesson, London Borough of Ealing, attended the meeting.