BCF in-year reporting is required from local systems through their health and wellbeing board areas, as stated in the annual BCF Policy Framework. The local governance mechanism for the BCF is the health and wellbeing board, which should sign off the report or make appropriate arrangements to delegate this. The BCF in-year monitoring template is […]
Better Care Fund planning requirements for 2023-25 The policy framework and planning requirements for the Better Care Fund (BCF) in 2023-25 have been published. The policy framework is published by government and can be found on the gov.uk website. Planning requirements are available on the NHS England website and set out details of the requirements that […]
About the Support Programme Through its national support programme, the BCF is committed to ensuring that local areas have the right support available to them as they work towards improving integration between health, housing and social care services. Following the completion of a recent tender exercise we have moved to a two year funding arrangement, […]
The Better Care Fund The Better Care Fund (BCF) programme supports local systems to successfully deliver the integration of health and social care in a way that supports person-centred care, sustainability and better outcomes for people and carers. It represents a unique collaboration between: The Department of Health and Social Care Department for Levelling Up, […]
What does it signify? The blue centre of the logo represents the NHS, and the 14 small dark pink circles surrounding the blue represent the 14 Allied Health Professions (AHP) professions. Local use and adaption of the AHP brand The AHP brand is used widely by our AHP colleagues, for numerous purposes. As the brand […]
Case study: Susan Barnes, Registered Nursing and Care Manager, The Royal British Legion Mais House Bexhill-On-Sea. Case study summary Key learnings from a nurse-led COVID-safe and COVID-free care home environment: Building the capacity of the core nursing and support team has been vital to resident outcomes and staff wellbeing. Training and support to develop skills […]
Case study: Laura Clifford, Community Matron, Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Case study summary Key learnings from a community nurse-led taskforce: Value in working flexibly to support and re-deploy skilled ‘shielded’ staff to support their colleagues and patients in different ways. Dedicated teams of redeployed nurses making a huge difference is a specific targeted area. […]
Case study: Learning identified by the CNO National Shared Professional Decision-Making Council. Case study summary Key learnings identified by the CNO National Shared Professional Decision-Making Council: Highlighting the deployment of new ways of working to support new members; with an important focus on the ‘early weeks’ and settling in periods Importance of organisational level support, […]
Case study: Learning identified by the Tuberculosis Nurse Peer Support Network, Public Health England. Case study summary Key learnings: The Tuberculosis (TB) nurse peer support forum has been successful in providing a virtual real-time platform to bring colleagues together across regions and nationally during the COVID-19 pandemic. This approach has supported the widespread sharing of […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. We want to reduce harm leading to avoidable admissions to neonatal units for babies born at or after 37 weeks. We’ve identified that over 20% of admissions of full term babies to neonatal units could be avoided. […]