Integrated Care & Social Care

New £1.4m cash pot for digital projects at 18 councils looking to modernise social care

21.09.18: New adult social care funding for 18 councils across the UK has been awarded by NHS Digital, with the local authorities splitting the £1.4m cash pot to develop digital projects in support of social care. NHS Digital has revealed three...

Council and NHS consider merging into a single public authority

20.09.18: Scottish Borders Council has put forward plans for a single public authority in the region in a proposed submission to a local government review. Ahead of the council’s meeting next week, a report said the proposals aim to d...

Integrated care systems ‘need dedicated funding and law changes to succeed’

20.09.18: National health leaders need to invest time into developing appropriate legislation, reforming regulation, redesigning financial architectures and earmarking funding in order to truly support the advancement of integrated care systems (ICSs), th...

Integrated care systems held back by ‘conflicting messages’ from national bodies

20.09.18: While there have been encouraging signs of progress, integrated care systems (ICSs) are nevertheless being held back by their regulatory relationship with NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSI), as well as by sluggish regional teams who have bee...

GMHSC laments ‘limited’ integrated organisation forms and floats new care trust vehicle

19.09.18: Beyond short-term funding arrangements and traditional organisational boundaries, there are other systemic barriers that hold back the pace of health and social care integration – including a limited option of integrated organisational for...

CQC urgently shuts care home over ‘risk of harm to patients’

19.09.18: Residents of Horncastle House were forced to leave after the CQC shut down the Sussex care home due to “ineffective” care and a “risk of harm” to patients. The health inspectorate said they had no choice but to take...

Corby seeks next urgent care provider after landmark High Court legal battle

14.09.18: Work has begun to start the procurement process for Corby Urgent Care Centre (UCC) after a landmark High Court ruling rejected proposals to turn the facility into appointment-only. NHS Corby CCG announced the notice to start the procurement...

Government will 'consider proposals' for ring-fenced health and social care funding in latest response

05.09.18: The government has published its response to the Health and Social Care Committee’s calls for ring-fenced transformation funding for health and social care, claiming “it will consider proposals” for a multi-year capital plan to...

Isle of Wight NHS Trust and South Central Ambulance Service collaborate to improve patient care

30.08.18: The Isle of Wight NHS Trust (IWNHS) and the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) announced today that they will be working together in a number of areas to improve patient service quality and “greater value for money” in the area. ...

Reduction in bed-blocking rates saves NHS £60m

22.08.18: Improvements made in returning hospital patients to adult social care has saved the NHS £60m, leaders in the sector have said. New data from NHS England highlights that there were 43,600 fewer delayed days from hospital wards to the c...

ICS Wave 2: Cumbria

25.07.18: Cumbria’s healthcare system has come a long way since being recognised as one of the most challenged health economies in England, writes Stephen Eames, leader of the North Cumbria Health and Care System and chief executive of North Cumbria...

We need to talk about governance

17.07.18: Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, discusses the importance of board governance and accountability as we move towards local systems to deliver integrated patient care. Carillion, Enron, Arthur Anderson, Lehman Brothers…...

Police to meet with NHS Tayside over Carseview Centre drug allegations

11.07.18:  The chairman of one of Scotland’s biggest NHS regions is to meet with the police following harrowing allegations of treatment of patients in a mental health unit. Former patients at Carseview mental health facility in Dundee tol...

NAO: Health and care integration undermined by underfunded NHS and councils

04.07.18: In anticipation of the social care funding green paper, now delayed until autumn, a new report published today by the National Audit Office (NAO) has called for further and faster progression towards an individual-orientated, integrated service...

CQC review shows ‘urgent need for real change’ to outdated health and care system

04.07.18: Following comprehensive reviews of 20 local authority areas, the CQC has called for a new approach to the way the country runs health and care services. The ‘Breaking Barriers’ report followed people’s journeys through the...