Workforce development body Skills for Care is running a campaign to boost understanding of integration in health and social care.

The #UnderstandingIntegration campaign, aimed at adult social care teams in England, will run throughout May. It will explore topics such as the meaning of integration in health and social care, Integrated Care Systems (ICS), the benefits of integration for the social care sector and people who draw on care and support, and how social care workers can get involved with their ICS. 

#UnderstandingIntegration will run across Skills for Care’s website, social media and other communications channels. It will include resources to help with understanding integration, expert insights on what integration in social care means, and real life case studies of integration activity which is already underway in different regions across England. 

Social workers can follow the campaign and join in on discussions on social media using #UnderstandingIntegration. 

Oonagh Smyth, Skills for Care chief executive, said: “The publication of the Hewitt Review – the latest review into Integrated Care Systems – opens a welcome and critical window of opportunity to ensure that integrated care really is about people only having to tell their story once to get the high-quality care and support that means they can live the lives they want.”