Integrated care is a hot topic and the Government's appointment of 14 'Integration Pioneers', along with Jeremy Hunt's announcement of the £3.8bn Integration Transformation Fund, add weight to claims that the stars are now aligned to deliver better coordinated care. Of course, joined-up care is not a new concept. At Integrating Care we are aware of the work that is already taking place in specific localities and through various programmes across the country - such as the integration programme currently under way in North West London. The next step is to take what has been learned from these projects and to support the rolling out of integrated care more widely - both geographically, and in terms of increasing the scope of the service co-ordination within each locality.
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