Barker Commission
Call for focus on integrated care
Major changes to the commissioning of health services including pooling NHS and local authority care budgets will be needed to meet long-term fiscal pressures, a report from the respected think-tank The King’s Fund has urged.
Why the public prefer to believe Pickles
Are the cuts unveiled in the finance settlement a death knell for local government or are councils just crying wolf - and who does the public believe? asks Craig Dearden-Phillips.
It’s decision time
David Pearson outlines the key challenges for health and social care that will be tackled at the National Children and Adult Services Conference.
How to take on the healthcare funding challenge
More tax for the over-40s is the last thing politicians want to hear in an election year. But the authors of last week’s radical Barker Commission report on how to fund an integrated health and care service believe difficult decisions have to be made. Michael Burton reports
