Here is a list of activities other HAH services have used to optimise their flexibility at the clinical interface.
A blended service is provided whereby different services can provide what is needed by the patient without hard boundaries around particular roles; honorary contracts with NHS may facilitate this.
Regardless of ‘formal’ arrangements for integration and co-ordination, HAH enables its staff to get on to work for the patient with colleagues who are co-dependent
Other providers trust the HAH to make assessments and will act on their recommendations.
An element of flexible workforce is employed (by the HAH service or others) or staff are flexibly deployed from other areas (e.g. inpatient unit)
A secondment into a different setting (e.g. a healthcare worker into social care) may facilitate integration by the “learning of another language”.