Care Quality Commission will support young people too
Comment from the Chief Executive of Turning Point:
Turning Point, the UK’s leading social care organisation, welcomes the introduction of the Care Quality Commission, the new independent regulator working across health and social care, and in particular its focus on a joined up approach to these services.
Chief Executive Lord Victor Adebowale is keen to point out that these changes will not just benefit older people. He says, “Many younger adults who have complex needs also fall through the gaps in the system because services are organised in silos. This is certainly a step in the right direction, however the Government needs to go much further to get local health trusts and councils to commission services together to ensure people receive the right help at the right time.”
Turning Point has been working across substance misuse, mental health, learning disability, employment and young people's support for more than forty years and prides itself on developing approaches that tackle people’s whole needs.
In 2004, Turning Point carried out research in conjunction with the Institute for Public Policy Research which found that people with the most complex needs are failed by health and social care services. It concluded that services need to address the ‘whole person’, and since then has been championing the vision of bringing these services together.
Turning Point champions ‘Connected Care’ which integrates health, housing and social care in the most deprived communities in England and Wales, with the community playing a central role in the design and delivery of those services. Turning Point has established the Centre of Excellence to support the delivery of Connected Care which also promotes evidence-based best practice for community engagement and community led commissioning.
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Turning Point is the UK’s leading social care organisation. We provide services for people with complex needs, including those affected by drug and alcohol misuse, mental health problems or those with a learning disability. We provide services in over 200 locations and have contact with over 100,000 people a year.