"The future is in Rochdale" Lord Victor Adebowale, chair of the NHS Confederation, paid a recent visit to the borough and praised our integrated care partnership, declaring it: "The future of the NHS, the future of health care and the future of prevention". The cross-bench peer was shown the Rochdale model, which has successfully driven down waiting times and improved patient outcomes, while reducing health inequalities. This includes working in an integrated way to ensure residents’ needs are c