Integration
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Controversial guidelines excluding councillors from Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are to be withdrawn following uproar from councils.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.
Future Forum: Warning over integration ‘diversion’
Reforms aimed at further integrating health and care should not distract from delivering services, Buckinghamshire Council chief executive Rachael Shimmin has warned.
Playing our part in cancer research
Sutton LBC has built a robust partnership to develop a £1bn world leading life-science campus – the London Cancer Hub – and to supplement that project a real game changer is set to come with the opening of a new ‘Innovation Gateway’, says Cllr Ruth Dombey
Not even a bronze!
Social care reforms are well short of the gold standard desired, expected and needed, says co-chair of the Future Social Care Coalition Phil Hope.
‘No evidence’ integration improves healthcare
New analysis of health and care integration pilots has questioned the benefits they bring about.
Health and care White Paper sends 'wrong message'
Further regulation and intervention will not improve social care, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.
Starting from the wrong place?
The first White Paper on NHS reform in nearly a decade confirms England will be covered by statutory integrated care systems. Ann McGauran canvasses local government sector experts on the contents.
Spending watchdog raises concerns over integration joint boards
Councils in Scotland are having to prop up integration joint boards (IJBs), the spending watchdog has warned.
Leading Greenwich through crisis
Cllr Danny Thorpe outlines how Greenwich RLBC changed its processes at pace to support residents throughout COVID-19 – at times branching out into the unknown.
Blood out of stone
Opportunities to drive out further efficiencies from councils lie in prevention and integration, but 'will take time and investment and is unlikely to deliver any benefits until the back end of the Spending Review at the earliest', says Tony Kirkham.
A plan for social care is finally coming. What should be in it?
Having a clear view about the outcomes sought is key to drawing up a new plan for social care - and it should be developed with the sector and with people with lived experience, say Paul Burstow and Ewan King.
Food keeps new arrivals on their feet
Cllr Ahsan Khan explains how Waltham Forest LBC’s Welcome Meals initiative builds on its ‘proud history’ of helping new residents build connections and find vital support.
