Integration
It’s time to supercharge prevention
Nick Clarke says a focus on early intervention and prevention is needed to tackle the deepening cracks in social care, but the sector must take a system-wide view on what is working
Future Forum: Care integration in ‘retreat’
The co-operation between local government and the NHS hoped for with the advent of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) is faltering, experts have said.
Perfect place
Jonathan Werran reports from a policy event that teased out how lessons from the past could indicate what reform towards single placemaking budgets might offer.
Nurturing integration
After the first year of the Integrated Care Systems, Professor Martin Green asks what is working well, what is not, and how can we make integration better to deliver more effective health and social care services.
We cannot have a healthcare workforce plan that does not address social care
Amanda Kelly calls for a focus on developing a skilled and valued care workforce and the political will to make social care a priority and give the service parity with the NHS.
Integration is the history lesson we must remember
The Localis Level Measures research programme and report reinforces how the whole eco-system of public services needs to work closer than ever to lead and define what levelling up means at the local level, says Andrew Foster.
Health services' concerns over council cuts
Health services have voiced concerns over local government cost-cutting measures as both sectors grapple with constricted budgets.
Hewitt Review calls for social care to be ‘national priority’
The former health secretary's report on Integrated Care Systems called for further funding and a workforce strategy for social care.
ICSs yet to achieve equal partnership, MPs hear
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) still have some way to go before achieving an equal partnership between health and social care, a panel of experts has said.
An evolving partnership
Sean Hanson, chief executive of IMPOWER, looks back at the highlights of this week’s CCN conference.
Integration Joint Boards face ‘uncertain future’
The boards all face ‘significant' financial sustainability issues, according to a report by the Accounts Commission.
Warning over ICSs becoming ‘cabals of self-interest’
Health and social care secretary Sajid Javid was forced to defend the new system when he appeared before MPs.
Future Forum: ICSs provide chance for culture change
Integrated Care Systems (ICS) must not be ‘driven by structure,’ The MJ’s Future Forum heard today.
July is just the starting line for ICS
James Arrowsmith says collaboration with local government is key to the success of Integrated Care Systems, and we will need to keep making the case for the equal role of councils.
Leaders voice ICS frustration to minister
Social care minister Gillian Keegan was told local authorities were being sidelined or held back from closer integration at a meeting of the Local Government Association’s councillors’ forum.
Breaking down plans to join up the health and care workforce
Failure to address widespread workforce problems could hinder government’s integration agenda, says Lucinda Allen.
There's a story alright, but perhaps not the one you were expecting
Where scale and inter organisational efficiency were once the answer, now innovation and place-based transformation are the keystones of where East Hampshire DC and Havant BC go next, says Gill Kneller.
Joining up care for people, places and populations: a genuinely radical leap forward
There is a great deal in the Integration White Paper to be welcomed and it represents a radical shift, but key concerns remain, say Phil Hope and Steve Barwick of the Health Devolution Commission.
Councillors allowed to join integrated care boards
Controversial guidelines excluding councillors from Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are to be withdrawn following uproar from councils.
White Paper aims to improve links between social care and NHS
The Government has outlined plans to bring local government and the NHS closer together under its new Integration White Paper.