Early evaluation: hurdles in the road for Pioneer health and social care integration programme

The final report from the ‘early evaluation of the Integrated Care and Support Pioneer programme’s first 18 months suggests the 14 English areas comprising its original cohort have been making some headway (11 others joined them last year). But many are finding the going tough in terms of progress towards the initiative’s goal of ‘whole system’ integration organised around the needs of individuals and their carers.