ACEVO Spring Conference: A joined up future for community health and social care

Location: London

Details: Government policy has increasingly focused on joining up health and social care (HSC) services, and recently policy development combined with pressures on public spending are likely to accelerate that development.

The creation of a National Care Service poses 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, presents 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, is gearing up for the challenge of regulating a more joined up health and social care system. The Department of Health is asking how the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment of HSC needs can take greater account of the expertise of third sector organisations.

For Further Information: Contact the events team by email at events@acevo.org.uk or call 020 7280 4962.