Case Studies
Case study: Thistle Foundation – Supporting people with long-term health conditions and disabilities using the Buurtzorg model
Starting point: Thistle is a Scottish charity supporting people with long-term health conditions and disabilities to live life on their terms. Through one-to-one support, wellbeing courses, community groups and supported physical activity, they support people to live...
Case Study: The Integrated Neighbourhood Care Aberdeen (INCA)
Service overview: The Integrated Neighbourhood Care Aberdeen (INCA) service was launched by Aberdeen City Health & Social Care Partnership in February 2018. In Scotland, the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014 was passed to task NHS boards and local authorities...
Case Study: West Suffolk Buurtzorg Test and Learn, 2017–18
The background: In 2017 a coalition of partners, including Suffolk Community Healthcare, Suffolk County Council, West Suffolk Councils, West Suffolk Foundation Trust, East of England Local Government association and West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group, agreed to...
Case Study: GSTT Test and Learn project of an adapted Buurtzorg model: an early view
Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) provides a full range of hospital and community services for people in three London boroughs, as well as enjoying an international reputation for specialist care ncluding cancer, renal, orthopaedic and cardiovascular...
Case Study: The London Borough of Tower Hamlets Community Nursing Pilot
The aim: This study aimed to examine the extent to which some of the principles of the Buurtzorg model could be adapted for community nursing in the United Kingdom. The methodology: A community nursing model based on the Buurtzorg approach was piloted from June...
Case Study: Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Cares Pilot
Starting point: The Neighbourhood Cares Pilot aims to introduce new ways of delivering adult social care. Using Buurtzorg principles, CCC introduced teams in St Ives and Soham to provide care in which families and communities play a key role in keeping adults and...