Introduction
This strategy is dynamic with regular review for accuracy
The Health and Care Act 2022 reformed the National Health Service (NHS), social care and public health.
The main purpose of the act is to establish a legislative framework that supports collaboration and partnership-working to integrate services for patients.
The act includes changes to public health, social care and the oversight of quality and safety.
The aims are to make the health and care system (the system) less bureaucratic, more accountable, and more joined up.
The integrated care system (ICS) was created with integrated care boards (ICB) to formalise joint commissioning of local NHS services alongside the local authority.
Joint commissioning for children and young people (CYP) services is well-established in Lincolnshire, building on the partnership principles as set out in the National Health Service Act 2006 section 75 and section 76, as well as the Children Act 2004, Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice 2015, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - NICE Guidelines [NG43] 2016 and Equality Act 2010.
Lincolnshire has ambitions to further integrate the commissioning of services that will improve the lives of residents.
This strategy outlines these ambitions specifically for Lincolnshire CYP aged 0–25 years with SEND.
