Prevention in action: resources for local decision makers
Too many people are having to reach a crisis point before they receive the health and social care support that they need.
That’s why we welcome the Care Act’s new duties on councils to ensure that preventative services are available in their area and that access to these services is broadened.
We advocated strongly for prevention to be included in the Care Act and for it to be defined. We were successful, with three equally important forms of prevention being written into the statutory guidance. Read the triple definition of prevention in our resource for local decision makers.
Putting prevention in action
Now we want decision makers across health and social care to recognise that prevention is about more than just stopping something arising. It is about preventing, reducing and delaying needs and associated costs. We’ve developed an essential briefing document designed to help local decision makers do this.
A step by step guide to tracking your preventative spend
We recognise that councils and other local decision makers have tough decisions to take about their local priorities and resource allocation.
To help councils manage and track their preventative spend, we worked with the LGiU, Mears and Camden Council to develop a toolkit. The toolkit can also be used by health and wellbeing boards, clinical commissioning groups, and other local statutory bodies.
