Parliaments' CLG committee recently took time to look into the Community Budgets programme. Their report, published last October, also addressed the need across local public services more generally for integrated, outcome-focussed services.

The Governments' recent response to the committees' report cites the work undertaken as part of the Community Budgets programme, also other new initiatives including the £3.8bn ‘Better Care Fund', aimed at promoting integration between health and social care services.

A significant proportion of the Better Care funding is dedicated (ring-fenced) towards the realisation of what in effect are Key Performance Indicators (such as reducing the levels of weekend hospital admissions) according to another Payment by Results system.