Ann Taylor, chair of the Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA), explains why, instead of waiting passively for winter pressures to overwhelm the system, care providers must embrace innovation, seek partnership opportunities, and position social care as part of the solution
As we approach another winter, social care providers across Kent — and the UK as a whole — are preparing for an increasingly complex healthcare landscape.
The months ahead have always brought seasonal challenges — flu outbreaks, vomiting and sickness, COVID, increased hospital admissions, and heightened pressures on already stretched systems. But this year the stakes are even higher.
The health and social care system is undergoing one of its most significant structural overhauls in decades. The government's plans to abolish NHS England and reabsorb many of its functions directly under the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) represent a radical shift. For local authorities and care providers, the ripple effects will be profound.
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