Correspondence

Better Care Fund

Letter to local authorities from Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis and Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb about the Better Care Fund.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021), Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, The Rt Hon Norman Lamb and The Rt Hon Brandon Lewis CBE
• Published: 20 December 2013

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England

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Letter to local authorities from Local Government Minister Brandon Lewis and Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb about the Better Care Fund

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The Better Care Fund will provide £3.8 billion to local services to give elderly and vulnerable an improved health and social system. The guidance published today (20 December 2013) provides local areas with the detail they need to complete plans for how they will use their portion of the fund to join up health and care services around the needs of patients, so that people can stay at home more and be in hospital less.

The national conditions set out the things that each plan must consider, such as 7-day services and steps to improve data sharing; and £1 billion of the fund will be linked to improvements achieved in outcomes for local people to ensure the money is being spent in the right way. But there will also be as much flexibility as possible in the model of care local that areas develop to meet the needs of people in each area of England.

Published 20 December 2013