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Osborne calls for 'seamless' health and social care in England
The Chancellor George Osborne has called for the creation of a 'seamless' health and social care system in England.
During his spending review today (June 26) he called for £3bn to be set aside in 2015-16 to stop older people falling into "the cracks" between the two systems.
It comes after he announced local government would get a 10% cut.
The NHS is already committed to spending £1bn a year on joint projects with local government so this represents an extra £2bn.
The chancellor told the House of Commons: "Many older people do not just use the NHS they also use the social care system and if we're honest they often fall between the cracks of the two, being pushed form pillar to post and not getting the care they want."
He said this money would be spent on services that would be jointly commissioned between the health and social care - although it would come from the NHS England pot.
"Let's stop the tragedy of people being dropped in A&E on a Friday night to spend the weekend in hospital because we can't look after them properly in social care," he added.
Read the full story on the BBC website: Osborne calls for more integrated health and social care services
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