Support in the heart of your community

The Active Support and Recovery Programme has been introduced to provide easily reachable, person centred and fully integrated services in the heart of each Sheffield community. This is preventing avoidable hospital and long term admissions, and makes sure those patients with ongoing complex needs can be as independent as possible.

Our neighbourhoods

The healthcare services in Sheffield are linked to 16 separate neighbourhoods: these neighbourhoods are responsible for developing tailored services to meet the specific needs of the population living within them.

The GP practices in a neighbourhood are the key coordinators of primary health and care needs, and will develop services in partnership with community nursing, social work and voluntary sector groups.

Some of the services developed so far include enhanced case management in the community, promoting Digital Literacy for people with long term conditions, social prescribing and the ‘Dance to Health’ scheme, that supports people who are at risk of falling.

There is evidence that these partnerships between primary, community, social and voluntary care groups are creating a year-on-year reduction in inappropriate admissions to hospital. The amount of care delivered comfortably in people’s homes is increasing.

For more information on services in your area, you can visit our neighbourhoods page.