Intermediate care

As part of the NHS Plan, issued in July 2000, the Government launched the concept of Intermediate Care. Intermediate Care is not so much about the routine of rehabilitation after an illness or treatment, which is already taken care of by the NHS, but rather about prevention, which as we all know is definitely better than cure. The Government has backed up this initiative with the promise of £900m to provide Intermediate Care between now and 2003/2004. Some money is being made available from NHS funds, some is coming via local authority budgets, and both types of organisation are under...