Glad to see that the Scottish Government are prioritising the integration of our health and care services as recommended by the Christie Commission.

This is from the Scottish Government’s response to the Christie Commission:

“Renewing Adult Health & Social Care

The Scottish Government is committed to the introduction of an integrated system of health and social care to ensure that older people continue to receive the care, compassion, support and dignity they need and deserve.

Strong evidence suggests that better outcomes for people, better use of resources (money and people’s time) and better experience of care and support can all flow from services that are planned and delivered in an effectively integrated way.

Over the next 20 years demography alone could increase expenditure on health and social care by 70 per cent. Reform is necessary to help address this unprecedented challenge.”

The paper “Renewing Scotland’s Public Services – Priorities for reform in response to the Christie Commission” can be found here.  Watch out for the “public sector speak”.