Commentary on Sections Section 165 – Promoting integration of care and support with health services etc
423.Section 165 provides that a local authority must exercise its social services functions with a view to integrating care and support provision with health provision and health-related provision where this would promote, in its area, the well-being of children, adults with needs for care and support and carers with needs for support and contribute to the prevention or delay of care and support needs and support needs or improve the quality of care and support and support including the outcomes to be achieved.
424.“Care and support provision”, “health provision” and “health-related provision” are defined in subsections (2), (3) and (4) respectively.