1. Building community capacity – empowering and engaging communities
Joanna David Assistant Director Social Care Reform – ADASS/LGA Care Act Joint Programme Office

2. What’s community capacity got to do with health and well being?
A developing ‘deepening’ national policy context
Re-framing our understanding of good quality care and support
Funding gap(s) and demographic challenge
Everyone’s business….
Facing a huge funding and demographic challenge
Strong shared consensus around core principles:
Integration – budgets, care and support packages, commissioning
Person centred
New models of care
Advice and support
Local leadership - importance of strong, resilient communities in promoting health and well being
Enabling carers, neighbourhoods and communities to provide care and support

3. The Care Act - re-framing the core principles of social care
‘ to prevent, postpone and minimise people’s need for formal care and support…built around the simple notion of promoting people’s independence and well – being ‘ people should be in control of their own care and support ‘
Health and well being at its heart
Care Act - modern statute bringing together a jigsaw of social care legislation, regulation and guidance
New legal right to a personal budget
Clear recognition of the key role played by carers and substantial new right to assessment and support
Duty to work in partnership – housing, health
Responsibilities and duties for local government that extends far beyond the reach of adult social care
H&WB systems leader

4. Looking forward in the NHS
Patient control – integrated health and social care budgets, stronger partnership with
voluntary sector and community organisations
Radical upgrade for prevention and PH
New models of care
Local NHS leadership – meaningful, local flexibility
Clear and aligned core principles – partnerships, local leadership
Crucially – also an understanding of the need to work locally with key stakeholders
Commitment to patient control and local communities
And of course……prevention

5. Making the links with Public Health
Public health outcomes framework Draws out links with the wider determinants of health and well being – housing, employment, poverty, social isolation Key goals: Help people to live heathy lifestyles Reduce number of people living with preventable illness
Crucial role in strengthening the prevention agenda locally
Healthy lifestyles
Social cohesion
Both critical to well being agenda
Important links / alignment with core principles of Care Act and NHS FYFV

6. Joining up the dots
The responsibility to improve and protect our health lies with us all – government, local communities and with us all as individuals
The NHS, Social Care, the voluntary sector and communities will all work together to make this happen
Urgent need to quicken the pace – strengthen the narrative – secure the evidence base – implement what works