Thursday 24 March 2016

Investing in social care is essential to balance the NHS books

Investing in social care is essential to balance the NHS books Mental health and social care are the poor relations to the health service.

News that Simon Stevens originally asked the Treasury for £16bn goes some way to explaining why the NHS is under such strain. After the longest period of financial constraint in its history, with three quarters of NHS providers reporting deficits amounting to £2.3bn by the end of quarter three, balancing the books is looking tricky to say the least.

So the NHS is faced over the next 12 months with balancing the books while simultaneously transforming the way it does business. Yet, fundamental to that transformation are two things: mental health and social care.

It is easy to fall into the trap of seeing social care as just an adjunct to the NHS Continue reading... The Guardian

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