HEALTH

Wigan takes better care of health

With Greater Manchester making history on devolved powers over health budgets, Wigan has serious plans to transform integration. Rebecca Murphy explains how the council’s journey to improve joint working will transform local services

Wigan is moving further and faster towards a transformed healthcare system which will see health and care organisations working together to deliver better, more integrated services.

In the longer term the aim is to create an Integrated Care Organisation (ICO) which will formally bring staff from the different organisations together.

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