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England's top doctor has said that there are fears in the NHS that a flagship government fund aimed at helping the health service work more closely with local authorities to provide social care, will be wrongly used by councils for ?filling in potholes and other significant things?.
Speaking to the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England's medical director, said there was ?great scepticism? that the ?3.8bn Better Care Fund would achieve one of its stated aims of reducing demand on A&E services.
The money, a pooled budget for the NHS and local authorities, is aimed at improving at-home services for elderly and disabled, reducing demand on hospital beds and easing pressure at A&E departments.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...overnments-38bn-better-care-fund-9075816.html
Speaking to the House of Commons Health Select Committee, Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS England's medical director, said there was ?great scepticism? that the ?3.8bn Better Care Fund would achieve one of its stated aims of reducing demand on A&E services.
The money, a pooled budget for the NHS and local authorities, is aimed at improving at-home services for elderly and disabled, reducing demand on hospital beds and easing pressure at A&E departments.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...overnments-38bn-better-care-fund-9075816.html