A new practical guide, by the Kings Fund and supported by Home Instead UK, aims to encourage partnership-working between NHS and social care stakeholders as Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) develop.
The King's Fund say ICSs offer the potential to deliver truly joined-up, personalised care and to build equal partnerships between the NHS and its wider partners, including local authorities and social care. But the history of previous attempts at integration indicates there is a risk that the NHS will dominate and within social care, there is a particular concern among providers that they will be left ‘outside the tent.’
The guide has a number of suggestions to remedy this.
Home Instead UK are members of the Homecare Association.
