Nearly 1,000 adult social care staff and £153 million will be transferred from Staffordshire County Council to the newly formed Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership NHS, in the biggest integration of local council and health care services in the UK.
The new Trust comes into effect in April 2012 with the aim of removing duplication, streamlining care, and making savings in the order of £30 million every year. It will be responsible for all adult social and community healthcare in Staffordshire and all community healthcare in Stoke-on-Trent, delivering everything from physiotherapy to day services.
The new arrangement seeks to:
· make the best use of hospital and community beds
· reduce delays in transferring patients from hospital back to their homes
· cur the number of people admitted to hospital in a rush
· reduce use of residential care
· increase the amount, quality and safety of care delivered in people’s homes.
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