Both, and: population health and public health professionals need to make the most of distinct contributions to better health
Integrated care systems (ICSs) were established to create partnerships for population health, not simply to better manage existing patterns of NHS care. In many systems, statutory status has been accompanied by the creation of director, or similar, roles with titles that include population health. Roles intended sometimes to stimulate a reframing of work across the whole leadership team but elsewhere simply leading a standalone program of work, often primarily analytical. How these emergent roles develop matters.
