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30 June 2014

Closure of Independent Living Fund

In March 2014, the government announced it would close the ILF and responsibility for users passed to local authorities from July.

23 October 2014

NHS Five Year Forward View

The strategy set out changes to the NHS to promote health and wellbeing, improve care quality, and meet financial and efficiency challenges.

26 November 2014

Winterbourne View – Time for change

A report commissioned by NHS England made recommendations to improve care for people with learning disabilities and autism.

26 January 2015

New Care Models Programme and vanguards

NHS England invited individual organisations and partnerships to apply to become 'vanguard' sites for the New Care Models Programme.

27 February 2015

'Devo Manc'

Greater Manchester was a pioneer project for the devolution of NHS functions. Devolution intended to enable local areas to integrate services.

26 March 2015

The Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015

The bill contained measures intended to improve the safety and quality of health services and social care.

1 April 2015

Integrated personal commissioning

The programme intended to support people with complex needs to have greater control of their own health and social care funding.

17 July 2015

Delays to phase two of the Care Act 2014

The government delayed implementing legislation to reform social care funding – initially until April 2020 and then, in 2017, indefinitely.

30 October 2015

Transforming Care – building the right support

A national plan set targets to reduce inpatient provision of care for people with learning disabilities and autism.