ACEVO Spring Conference - A Joined Up Future for Community Health and Social Care?

ACEVO Spring Conference - A Joined up future for community health and social care?

Location:London
Date:25 March 2010
Time:09:30 - 16:30
Price:Standard Price £170*/£190
ACEVO Member Price £150*/£170
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Overview

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.

On the ground, a series of emerging pilots (Total Place, Personal Health Budgets and the Right to Control) present significant opportunities for more joined up services, and for third sector involvement. And it is not just the HSC organisations that are looking to join up more; the public and third sectors are too, with the potential for cross-sector leadership development increasingly coming to the fore. Running alongside this pressure for more joined up working is the strain on public spending resulting from long-term investment shortages and the more recent fiscal deficit. The Government will need to get more bang for the public buck by ensuring that health and social care services are 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 is 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.

To Book Your Place

Book online, download a booking form or call 0207 280 4962.

Further Queries?

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