If the chancellor does not continue to pay temporary grants for social care next financial year councils in England will be forced to decommission services, an umbrella group has warned.
The National Audit Office has concluded that the government’s flagship initiative to integrate health and social care is “over-optimistic” and is not delivering the expected benefits.
A joint CIPFA-HFMA survey has found that opportunities presented by the Better Care Fund have been embraced enthusiastically. However, it needs clearer and simpler governance and monitoring...
The flagship government project to bring health and social care funding together is being hindered by red tape that must be tackled if services are to be integrated, a CIPFA report has found.
The current commissioning system for health and social care is “unsustainable” and councils and NHS clinical commissioning groups should be tasked with developing local integration plans from 2017, a...
The government’s flagship Better Care Fund should be extended quickly so that both local authorities and the NHS can plan further integration of spending, an expert has said.