The Care Quality Commission (CQC) say they have written to local system leaders in six local authority areas where they can carry out new or follow-up reviews that will how older people move between health and adult social care services.

This update comes following CQC’s national report, the culmination of our programme of 20 local authority area reviews, which was published in July. It was also formerly requested by the Secretaries of State for Health and Social care and for Housing, Communities and Local Government.

‘Beyond Barriers’ highlighted the positive outcomes the CQC found for older people when leaders in local health and care organisations worked well together and supported their teams in providing high quality person-centred care.

The three new areas the CQC have been asked to review and will publish a report on each by December are Leeds, Reading and Staffordshire.

The report also found too much poor practice where a lack of co-ordination and co-operation between services has led to fragmented care and badly affected older people’s experiences.

The CQC have also chosen three local system areas, from areas they carried out in their programme of work in 2017/18, to follow up on their progress, which are Oxfordshire, Stoke-on-Trent and York.

Ian Trenholm, the CQC’s chief executive, said: “This further request by Government is testament to the work we have done understanding the local pressures and challenges across health and care systems.

As the ‘Beyond Barriers’ report said, our intention is this next round of reviews will provide an important picture of what is working well; the barriers that may be prevents local people and organisations from working together effectively; and, most importantly, the impact this has on those who depend on health and care services.

We look forward to sharing and building on the local good practice we have seen so far, for the benefit of the people that local authorities and health organisations support.”