By Brian Waters2021-07-30T05:00:00+01:00
Data-driven targeted early interventions would go a long way towards helping integrated care systems to address the wider determinants of health and wellbeing, and to improve outcomes, writes Brian Waters
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Long awaited social care reform and funding is very much back on the agenda. Time will tell exactly how Sajid Javid will respond to renewed calls for government action – but social care leaders have been quick to remind him of his remit, and the promises made by his predecessor.
It’s no wonder, as the statistics make for distressing reading. Last month, the End Child Poverty Coalition revealed that even before the pandemic, 4.3 million children were living in poverty, up 200,000 from the previous year – and 500,000 over the past five years. At the other end of the scale, Age UK has estimated there are 1.5 million elderly people in England who need some help with day-to-day life, but do not receive it.