Today I attended the London Councils Summit at the Guild Hall. It is the first time I've been to such an event. One of the meetings in the afternoon was about health and social care. With Sustainable Transformation Partnerships (STP) being so topical, I thought we'd dwell on them for the entire hour. Not to be. The first speaker, leader of the London Borough of Redbridge told us about how the London boroughs of Redbridge, Barnet & Dagenham and Havering were forming an Accountable Care Organisation. Why would this be of concern? Accountable Care Organisations (ACO) are an American concept, now imported into England. In the US, an ACO is a form of health company that provides managed care - ca

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Here is the reality The NHS and free health care is about to be taken from us The Sustainable Transformation Partnership (STP) is yet another nail in the coffin with a £1bn cut disguised under the lies of "Our Healthier South East London". They will use accountants rather than clinicians to judge whether the NHS is a success on unrealistic expectations with "upper quartile performance" which is code for impossible targets to dismantle, fragment and replace with Virgin Care and others. Don't just believe me, the King's Fund, Nuffield Trust and NHS Employers have said that these targets are impossible It is about 30% underfunding of the NHS Yet, Our Healthier South East London (OHSEL) have red

I am also a Labour councillor and a co-op party member. I am going to talk about the following: What are the current issues in adult social care UNISON’s experience of organising in this sector and the Ethical Care Charter Links between the charter and co-operative values But I want to begin by spending some time going over the results of UNISON’s Suffering Alone at Home report which was released in January with a focus on the lack of time in our homecare system because I believe that it demonstrates the lack of dignity in our care system for both the elderly and disabled people who rely on these important services. The report, which you can access online via our Save Care Now website, combi