Integrated Care & Social Care

How we can truly make a difference for inpatients with dementia?

17.07.17: Melanie Handley from the University of Hertfordshire outlines the findings of a new study that looked at the effectiveness of dementia care in hospitals, and what can be done to ensure better patient outcomes. At any one time, 25% of h...

Shared vision for quality social care is essential for all, says NHS Providers

12.07.17: NHS Providers have welcomed news revealed today that the CQC will join with over 100 people, organisations and national bodies involved with social care to mark a renewed effort to improve the sector. In a report called ‘Quality Matte...

NHS and council bosses at odds over divisive Better Care Fund targets

06.07.17: Two influential leaders from the NHS and local government are firmly at odds with the government’s decision to outline ‘expectations’ – in other words, targets – of how much areas will have to reduce the amount of d...

Councils voice ‘serious doubts’ over likelihood of STP success

06.07.17: Fewer than one in four local politicians feel confident that sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) will be successful in reshaping local health and care services, it has been revealed. In a poll conducted by the Local Government As...

Councils must give STPs democratic legitimacy to make effective change

15.06.17: Local authorities must be “hard wired” into the governance and practical arrangements of sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) in order to give them democratic legitimacy to deliver effective local change. Accord...

First signals of Manchester STP impact due next year as LCOs take root

09.06.17: Greater Manchester’s health and social care system will start, from this year and into the next, to really see service changes materialise before the first signals of the impact of devolution emerge at the back end of next year, one of the...

Doctors call for ‘declutter’ of ineffective integration initiatives

31.05.17: The NHS requires a “radical rethink” to simplify and fix the increasingly complicated healthcare landscape in the UK, a group of influential doctors has this week stated. The government has also been told to form a working group...

Think tanks welcome Tory cap on social care, but questions remain

24.05.17: Theresa May’s announcement that a potential cap on social care costs would be consulted on as part of a green paper has been welcomed by two leading think tanks. At the announcement of the Conservative manifesto last week, it was reve...

STPs a ‘workaround’ for organisational flaws in health and social care

10.05.17: STPs represent a ‘workaround’ to serious deficiencies in the organisation of the health and social care system, a trustee from the King’s Fund has stated. Speaking at the think-tank’s leadership and management summit...

Dixon: The jury is out on ‘totally aspirational’ STPs

05.05.17: Sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) have been described as “totally aspirational” and, at the moment, the jury is out on them, according to the chair of the College of Medicine. Speaking during a panel session...

STPs will not succeed where BCF has failed, warn MPs

28.04.17: MPs have slammed the government for the failure of the Better Care Fund (BCF) to achieve any of its objectives, arguing that they are unconvinced that STP planning could succeed where the BCF had failed in integrating health and social care serv...

CSU commissioned to draw up bespoke STP integration reports by May

05.04.17: NHS England has instructed a Commissioning Support Unit to draw up bespoke reports for each of the 44 STP footprints in England to set out advise how savings can be made through better integration of mental and physical health services, NHE has...

Better connection needed between STPs and BCF, argues ADASS

20.03.17: While some sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) have considered the financial impact on social care in the changing landscape, many have not, Grainne Siggins, national policy lead & trustee at the Association of Directors of Adult...

Integrated ‘streaming’ service to be introduced in all hospitals by Christmas

16.03.17: NHS England has set a goal for all hospitals with an A&E department in England to have a “comprehensive front door streaming” service in place by next Christmas. The streaming service aims to make care more efficient and tak...

STPs cannot succeed without fresh social care Budget cash, says Health Foundation

03.03.17: STPs cannot hope to succeed unless the adult social care funding gap of £2bn is addressed, a report released today by major charity the Health Foundation has revealed. The briefing analysed STP proposals to reform health and social ca...