A National Care Service
How would it work?
In brief
This half-day conference explored how a National Care Service would work in practice.
In the government's Green Paper on reform of social care funding and delivery they announced plans to bring together NHS and local care provision into a new National Care Service.
David Behan, Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health, provided the keynote speech.
Programme
Programme
Session one: setting the context
- Keynote address: National assessment and fair funding
David Behan, Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health - Creating a National Care Service
David Walden, Director of Adult Services and Regional Development, Social Care Institute for Excellence
Session two: What would a National Care Service mean in practice?
- Plenary: The effect of a National Care Service on the Personalisation agenda
Jeff Jerome, National Director of Social Care Transformation, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services - Case study: Joined-up working - Torbay integrated health and social care service
Dr Sonja Stefanics, General Manager, Health and Social Care, Torbay Care Trust
Sesssion three: Panel discussion – The challenges to establishing a National Care Service
Panel members.
- Stephen Burke, Chief Executive, Counsel and Care
- Andrew Cozens CBE, Group Strategic Lead for Adult Social Care, Local Government Association
- Chris Horlick, Managing Director of Care, Partnership Assurance
- Richard Humphries, Senior Fellow – Social Care, The King's Fund
Speakers
Speakers
Speakers included:
- David Behan
Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health - Stephen Burke
Chief Executive, Counsel and Care - Andrew Cozens CBE
Group Strategic Lead for Adult Social Care, Local Government Association - Chris Horlick
Managing Director of Care, Partnership Assurance - Richard Humphries
Senior Fellow – Social Care, The King's Fund - Jeff Jerome
National Director of Social Care Transformation, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services - Sonja Stefanics
General Manager, Health and Social Care, Torbay Care Trust - David Walden
Director of Adult Services and Regional Development, Social Care Institute for Excellence