Table 1.

Profiles of the three vanguard model types.

Model	Description	Number of sites	Initial population	Common services	Population size
Enhanced health in care homes	A model that focuses on connecting care homes into health care	6	Care home residents, Older people who are in community beds or recipients of care in the community	Enhanced primary care for care homes,Multidisciplinary teams,Reablement and rehabilitation,Improved end of life and dementia care,Improved transfers	2500–200,000
Multispecialty community providers	An integrated provider of out-of-hospital care	14	People with long-term conditions, Older people,Other vulnerable groups in the population identified at high risk of admission to hospital	Integrated community teams,Enhanced primary care services,Specialist care in the community/at home,Rapid response teams,Self-care and prevention services	100,000-300,000 (organised into localities of 30,000-50,000)
Primary and acute care systems	A model that integrates the provision of hospital, primary, community and mental health services	9	People with long-term conditions,Older people,Other vulnerable groups in the population identified at high risk of admission to hospital,Urgent and emergency care patients,Patients with elective care needs	Integrated community teams,Specialist care in the community/at home,Redesigned urgent care,Rapid response teams,Enhanced primary care services,Self-care and prevention services	250,000-300,000 (some organised into localities of 30,000-50,000)