Section 25: Promoting integration
178.Local authorities are required to carry out their functions under Part 3 in a way that promotes integration between educational and training provision with health care provision and social care provision where they consider that this would promote the well-being of children or young people who have special educational needs or a disability or where it would improve the quality of special educational provision for children and young people with special educational needs (as described in subsection (1)).
179.This section is intended to assist children and young people with educational, health and social care needs by improving the way services work together to provide support for them.
180.This section reflects the duty placed on CCGs by section 14Z1 of the National Health Service Act 2006 (as inserted by section 26 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012) and the proposed duty on local authorities under clause 3 of the Care Bill which look to improve integrated working between services.