Partner organisation In Control have written a paper which sets out their perspective on integration - a key tenet of the partnership's work to transform health and care through personalisation and community-based support.
Adult social care services in England will soon be 'unsustainable' if the current budgetary pressures continue and additional new money is not injected into local social care economies, according to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services' annual budget survey.
Among adults who receive social services, 44 per cent say that they have as much social contact as they want with people they like, according to a new survey from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
Care Services Minister Norman Lamb has written to all Directors of Adult Social Services to encourage them to sign up to Making it Real to mark their progress with personalisation.
Leading figures from across the health and social care sectors who work on integration and personal budgets lead a series of presentations and workshops at the King's Fund earlier this month.
Better care fund cash will be used to compensate acute hospitals if local integration initiatives do not generate a reduction in emergency admissions, the DH and Department for Communities & Local Government have announced.
On behalf of the Systems Leadership Steering Group, the Leadership Centre has opened the call for applications for the second round of Systems Leadership - Local Vision projects around the country.
The Care Act represents a major re-write of social care legislation, the like of which hasn't been seen for over 60 years. Personalisation is a key concept underpinning the Act and the statutory guidance that accompanies it will influence how the Act is implemented locally.
Partner organisation Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published a statement on the responses to the consultation on changes to regulations and inspections: