Better Care Fund Support Programme blogs

Discharge to Assess

"Making Discharge to Assess work under pressure"

Across the country, thousands of people are delayed every day in their discharge from hospital. For some of these people, this is the start of their journey towards using long-term bed-based care for the rest of their lives.

Integrated community teams

"Integrated community teams: a data-driven approach to moving the dial"

A blog from Caroline Williams, Director of Adult Social Services, and Alex Robertson, Managing Partner, Consortium24 LLP, on a new approach to proactive and preventive care being implemented in Warrington.

Prevention

"It's time to make prevention across public services a reality"

A blog from Daniel Sperrin, a partner at Newton Europe, on why and how a successful targetted, proactive approach to prevention can and should be a reality for public services, August 2024.

Capacity and demand (part two)

"We need to acknowledge capacity and demand is complex"
A follow-up to March's blog by Gareth Jenkins, a partner at Changeology Group, on how to bridge the gap between oversimplfying and 'paralysis by analysis, May 2024.

Capacity and demand (part one)

"We need to acknowledge capacity and demand is complex
 A blog from Gareth Jenkins, a partner at Changeology Group, on the challenges of capacity and demand planning, March 2024.  

Discharge to recover and then assess

Discharge to recover and then assess
A blog from John Bolton OBE, a former director of social services and former strategic finance director at the Department of Health, on the importance of intermediate care, March 2024.

Winter pressures: how data can change your narrative

Winter pressures: how data can change your narrative
A blog from David Maguire, LGA Senior Research and Data Analyst, on winter pressures, February 2024.