ACEVo Spring Conference
A Joined up future for community health and social care?
Overview Location: London
Date: 25 March 2010
Time: 09:15 - 16:15
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DescriptionACEVO's Spring conference was held on 25 March 2010 in London. The conference looked at Government policy, which was focused on joining up health and social care (HSC) services, and policy developments, which combined with pressures on public spending, were likely to accelerate that development. The creation of a National Care Service posed significant questions as to how the provision of HSC will be coordinated in future. The Government’s plans to transform community health services, and to achieve a shift from acute to community care, presented further opportunities for more joined up provision. The new Care Quality Commission, the result of a merger of previously separate health and social care regulators, was gearing up for the challenge of regulating a more joined up health and social care system. The Department of Health was asking how the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment of HSC needs can take greater account of the expertise of third sector organisations. On the ground, a series of emerging pilots (Total Place, Personal Health Budgets and the Right to Control) presented significant opportunities for more joined up services, and for third sector involvement. And it was not just the HSC organisations that were looking to join up more; the public and third sectors were too, with the potential for cross-sector leadership development increasingly coming to the fore. Running alongside this pressure for more joined up working was the strain on public spending resulting from long-term investment shortages and the more recent fiscal deficit. The Government needed to get more bang for the public buck by ensuring that HSC services were more innovative, more preventative and more joined up.
Topics Covered
- The Government’s overarching drive to achieve greater quality, innovation, productivity and a stronger focus on the prevention of illnesses
- The development of the Government’s plans for community health services and social care, and what implementation may look like
- The likely impact of public spending cuts on HSC services
- Opportunities for organisations to work together with each other and with the public sector to deliver more joined up services, including opportunities resulting from:
· emerging DH policy
· new pilots schemes - How HSC services will be regulated under the new joint system to be operated by the Care Quality Commission
Learning Outcomes
This conference was an excellent opportunity to hear about the latest news and policy which will affect HSC providers in the long term, discuss innovative new ideas for delivering high quality tailored services, consider the potential effect of public spending cuts, and meet with other HSC providers to talk about the challenges of leading a HSC organisation. << Return to previous page
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