The LGA is calling on the Government to retain a statutory independent local patient ‘voice’ and work with councils to develop a model for patient and public voice that ensures accountability and independence across health and social care.
The Government is to establish a national safeguarding board and accelerate dementia trials in response to some “simple asks” from Baroness Louise Casey, Chair of the Independent Commission into Adult Social Care.
The LGA and campaigners are calling for new legislation to tackle the exploitation of vulnerable people through ‘patient brokering’ in England’s drug and alcohol addiction treatment sector.
The Government has written to councils setting out its three priorities for adult social care for local authorities, alongside its ambition to establish a national care service.
The Government has announced a reduction in integrated care board staff numbers and NHS England administrative and managerial staff to redistribute £1 billion a year to frontline care. The moves are part of plans to bring NHS England back into the Department of Health and Social Care within two years.
Last month’s Budget coincided with the LGA’s National Children and Adult Services Conference, held this year in Bournemouth.
