Better Care fund ‘delayed over viability’
A £3.8 billion project to pull together health and social care services has been delayed because Whitehall mandarins have said the plans are not credible enough, it has emerged. The
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Government insist Better Care Fund is on schedule
The government has dismissed widespread reports that the introduction of the Better Care Fund will be delayed. Many media outlets had reported this morning that the £3.8bn-a-year fund, which will
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‘Transforming Your Care’ plan for Northern Ireland outlined
Health Minister Edwin Poots has laid out his vision for health and social care in Northern Ireland at a seminar in Belfast. The Minister said that from the beginning of
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BMA Scotland in warning on health & social care integration
Additional resources will probably be required as a result of plans to link health and social care, doctors’ leaders have warned. Dr Brian Keighley, chairman of the British Medical Association
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Benefits of health and social care integration
Since the inception of the NHS, an ever-present challenge has been to improve integration of care within the health care system and with social care. Many people have complex and
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Strategic partnerships in Scotland
Broad and international literature exists on networked governance which has both described and informed recent transformations in local government. Reforms in the UK have led to the development of strategic
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Integrated care for older people with complex needs
Industrialised countries face the common challenge of caring for a growing number of older people. In 2010, 15 per cent of the population of countries belonging to theOrganisation for Economic
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IRISS Insight 24: Delivering integrated care and support
This document is based on a report prepared for ADSW at the time of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Bill (Petch, 2013) and seeks to distill key evidence to
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Health and social care integration toolkit launched
Local councils should take action to improve the delivery of integrated health and social care, the LGA has urged. This week the association published a new toolkit to help commissioners
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Integrated care value case toolkit
The LGA has partnered with NHS England, The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), Monitor, NHS Confederation and the Department
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