"Greater investment in community support is the surest way to reduce hospital admissions and help the health and care system become more sustainable in the long-term."
Responding to the Government announcement on primary and community healthcare funding, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said:
“Councils have called for greater investment in community support to be central to how the extra funding given to the NHS is spent so it is good that our call has been heard. This investment will help alleviate some of the pressures facing our adult social care system and make a positive difference to people’s lives.
“Greater investment in community support is the surest way to reduce hospital admissions and help the health and care system become more sustainable in the long-term.
“We look forward to the detail and working with our community partners to make sure our health and care systems work well together to maximise the potential of this funding.
“Government now needs to ensure that councils’ prevention work is also adequately funded by reversing the £600 million in reductions to councils’ public health grants and plugging the £3.5 billion funding gap facing adult social care by 2025.”
'The lives we want to lead'
The LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing
Adult social care and support matters. High quality social care and support helps people live the life they want to live. It helps bind our communities, it sustains our NHS and it provides essential economic value to our country.