In last week's Spending Review the Government announced a £3.8bn pooled budget for health and social care services shared between councils and the NHS to deliver better outcomes and greater efficiencies through more integrated services.

This includes a £2bn transfer from the NHS to local authorities for 2015/16 and comes on top of the existing £1bn NHS transfer as set out in the 2010 Spending Review and the £5.45bn two-year public health funding settlement.