Night-Time Economy Systems Maps
Mapping the night-time economy at a local level to reduce unequal harms
Lack of service integration worsens social issues
Source of power:
State
Space of power:
GOVERNANCE, FUNDING AND VISION
Description:
Participants felt it was very difficult to integrate services for multiple issues (e.g., substance misuse, mental health, domestic abuse) and communicate "who’s doing what". This was further complicated by funding being allocated on a yearly basis, and a lack of communication between services. Service fragmentation was thus considered a driver of the "wider inequalities" in Swindon's communities. There were concerns that the commissioning process is not "joined up", too complicated, lacks a whole-system approach and doesn't look "at the person as a whole".
Quotes from participants:
"…with the commissioning, it’s not looking at the person as a whole, it’s very much substance misuse, mental health, domestic abuse, and then... interlinking all of those with that one person is really difficult, especially when you put communication of who’s doing what... “
"fragmentation of services... Which then drives that wider inequalities in our communities doesn’t it."
"...the commissioning process is not joined up."
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