The current state of the adult social care system is undermining the relationship building that is fundamental to the development of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). Too much relies on local leadership, where often it feels that progress is made despite funding mechanisms rather than because of them. By maintaining a system which fosters disputes about money, the ability of ICSs to make the difference they were set up to make will be limited at best, and impossible at worst. (Conclusion, Parag...

The current state of the adult social care system is undermining the relationship building that is fundamental to the development of Integrated Care Systems (ICSs). Too much relies on local leadership, where often it feels that progress is made despite funding mechanisms rather than because of them. By maintaining a system which fosters disputes about money, the ability of ICSs to make the difference they were set up to make will be limited at best, and impossible at worst. (Conclusion, Paragraph 106) Type: conclusion | Number: 20 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: We agree with this recommendation. We have committed around £9 billion of funding to the BCF for 2025 to 2026, including increasing the NHS minimum contribution to adult social care and the Disabled Facilities Grant. Through the BCF policy framework for 2025 to 2026, we have refocused the BCF to ali