Options for integrated commissioning – Beyond Barker

Kings Fund report looking at the future of integrated care with our new report, Options for integrated commissioning: beyond Barker. Following the recommendation for a single pooled health and social care budget, as laid out in the independent Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England, the report examines the evidence for a single local commissioner. This shift in approach would represent the first step on the path towards integrated care and better outcomes.