More on the trend towards personalisation. What follows has been gleaned from a Department of Health blog page within the Gov.UK website , and specifically the contributions of Mark Osterloh, who holds the position of Senior Policy Manager.
On 1st July Osterloh published a blog entitled “Expanded partnership pledges greater personalisation of care services“, which makes it clear how the drive towards the twin aims on personalisation and integration is being driven from the centre. He wrote:
“Almost 50 leading health, care and housing organisations have partnered up to transform public service delivery to promote people’s independence and wellbeing.
Regular site visitors will already know that Think Local Act Personal (TLAP) is a national partnership which aims to transform the way care services are delivered. Since 2011, it has expanded its scope and today announces further commitments from new organisations covering the health, housing and children’s sectors. This comes on the back of renewed support from government, with further grant funding secured for the next year.
TLAP’s new partnership agreement Working together for personalised, community-based care and support 2014-17 is published today. It sets out a new vision for personalisation based on what people have said is a priority, following the enormous changes to the care and health sector since 2011. The agreement is launched alongside commitments from each partner setting out how they will help deliver the new vision, and a review of the partnership’s first three years of work is also published.”
The blog,
and the agreement document itself may strike some as being heavy on jargon, especially ‘vision’, but they are important indicators of policy intentions. In which context, we expect to hear increasing reference to TLAP in the next few years. You have been advised and warned.