How staff, teams and services work together: outstanding

E4. How well do staff, teams and services work together within and across organisations to deliver effective care and treatment?

Characteristics of services we would rate as outstanding in this area

Staff, teams and services are committed to working collaboratively and have found innovative and efficient ways to deliver more joined-up care to people who use services.

There is a holistic approach to planning people's discharge, transfer or transition to other services, which is done at the earliest possible stage.