5 Principles For Neighbourhood Health

Year published: 2026

Ten case studies show what neighbourhood working can achieve when rehabilitation is embedded as a core part of the service.

Read the full report to discover how integrated care is helping Surrey Downs achieve the lowest social care spend in Surrey, how a Home First model in Leeds is reducing hospital admissions by more than 800 a year, and how measuring what matters in Coventry is cutting work absence for people with persistent low back pain.

The report sets out five principles for neighbourhood health systems: 

  1. Unlock the potential of rehabilitation services in prevention and self-management
  2. Create a reinvestment cycle for recovery
  3. Invest to transform community health services as part of neighbourhoods
  4. Measure what matters: function, recovery and independence
  5. Design rehabilitation and leadership capabilities in from the start
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