Better Care Fund planning requirements 2025-26

This guidance outlines the requirements for the planning and delivery of the Better Care Fund (BCF) for 2025 to 2026. It should be read alongside the BCF policy framework which sets out the vision, funding, oversight and support arrangements, focused on two overarching objectives:

  • reform to support the shift from sickness to prevention
  • reform to support people living independently and the shift from hospital to home.
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