Welcome to the Joint Improvement Team Website

Practical support to partnerships across Scotland to deliver better health, housing and social care services

Joint working between health, local authorities and the independent sector delivers better, faster, safer, closer services. We provide practical support and advice that’s specific to local circumstances.

Focus on partnership improvement and outcomes

JIT is part of the Directorate for Health and Social Care Integration within the Scottish Government. Our key functions are performance measurement and management, and performance support and improvement.

Action Areas

These are the key action areas to support service developments and improvements:

• Care at Home
• Commissioning
• Delayed Discharge
• Equipment and Adaptations
• Governance and Management
• Housing
• Integrated Transport with Care

• Intermediate Care
• Managed Care Networks
• Performance Improvement
• Reshaping Care for Older People
• Rural and Remote
• Talking Points: User and Carer Involvement
• Telecare

What's new?

News & Events

30th April 2012

Review of Talking Points and CCOF Final Reports

IRISS and the Scottish Community Care Benchmarking Network have issued evaluatio.. (more)

13th April 2012

Carers Branch Newsletter

The first newsletter of the Carers Policy Branch is now out and available for do.. (more)

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Latest Updates

2012/13 Change Fund Plans

Change Fund Plans and resources for 2012/13 can be accessed by clicking this link.

No Place Like Home Documents

Presentations and World Cafe documents from the event on 7 March can now be downloaded.