The Intensive Dementia Support Service (IDSS) has received over 582 referrals since the service was set up in Autumn 2017, helping more people with dementia to stay in their own homes, and ensuring that carers get support and advice. Much of the feedback from our recent Fit for my Future engagement has shown that Somerset…

Hospices are charitable organisations, most of which formed in the 1970s and 1980s to serve their local population needs. Hospices are not part of the NHS but they are regulated by the Care Quality Commission. Hospice care is provided in England through charities and the Government. Nationally, about a third of hospice funding comes from…

The work of Fit for my Future, Somerset’s integrated health and care strategy, is already paying dividends. Health, care and education services in Somerset have worked together with partners, schools, young people and parents to secure £400k of trailblazer funding, it was announced today.  The funding will help to create two pilot mental health support…

Some people think that engagement and consultation are the same things. This can lead to confusion when the Fit for my Future team speak to the public. Our programme for health and care is currently carrying out several phases of public engagement. In the autumn/winter of 2019, we’ll be carrying out a formal consultation. So…