The Kings Fund's handy summary of the new health and social care paper is here
KnowledgeThe new health and social care white paper, 'Working together to improve health and social care for all' brings together proposals that build on:
the recommendations made by NHS England and NHS Improvement in Integrating care: next steps to building strong and effective integrated care systems across England
the Secretary of State’s powers over the system and targeted changes to public health, social care, and quality and safety matters.
The twenty-minute read authored by Helen McKenna of the King's Fund provides an overall summary of the white paper, which was published in February this year. It also gives individual summaries of each section of the paper, accompanied by key perspectives from the King's Fund and it's views on the challenges and focuses of each:
Working together and supporting integration
Reducing bureaucracy
Improving accountability and enhancing public confidence
Additional measures to support public health, social care, and quality and safety.
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