<p>CONSULTATION ON DRAFT INTEGRATION SCHEME FOR NEW EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP</p><p>Background</p><p>Health Boards and Local Authorities need to integrate certain adult health and social care services in order to improve those services. This is as a result of The Public Bodies (Joint Working)(Scotland) Act 2014 and more details about integration can be found by following this link to the Scottish Government’s website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/Policy/Adult-Health-SocialCare-Integration</p><p>Integration Scheme for East Dunbartonshire</p><p>The Health Board and the Council must jointly prepare, consult and then agree an Integration Scheme for the area (in this case, East Dunbartonshire) which is then submitted to Scottish Ministers for final approval. </p><p>The Integration Scheme will include:  the model of the integrated arrangements  the scope of functions to be delegated to the Integration Authority  the method of determining associated payments  governance arrangements  financial management  dispute resolution  workforce issues. </p><p>Consultation</p><p>The Health Board and the Council must carry out a joint consultation of their Integration Scheme as part of its preparation. </p><p>A draft Integration Scheme for East Dunbartonshire has now been prepared and you can read the Integration Scheme for East Dunbartonshire by clicking the following link:</p><p>Draft Integration Scheme for East Dunbartonshire Health & Social Care Partnership</p><p>The language and layout of the document meet the requirements of the Act and include all of the areas we have listed in the Integration Scheme section above.</p><p>The deadline for contributing comments to the consultation on this draft Integration Scheme is Friday 30th January 2015.</p><p>Please send any views or suggestions that you have to Alan Cairns, Project Lead, Integration of Health & Social Care, who can also respond to any questions you may have: By email: [email protected] or by post:</p><p>Alan Cairns Project Lead, Integration of Health & Social Care Southbank House, Strathkelvin Place Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, G66 1XQ</p><p>Thank you.</p>