It was a pioneer within the NHS in England in demonstrating the advantages of integrating health and social care into one organisation.
[1] And "one of three areas that have been working to learn from Kaiser Permanente, a leading United States health maintenance organisation.
From then until April 2012, the trust had responsibility for both commissioning (buying) and providing integrated health and social care services to people in the Torbay area.
As part of the changes associated with the Health and Social Care Act 2012 the commissioning function was detached from the trust.
It was agreed in January 2015, after a dispute lasting seven years, that the existing building should be replaced by two new four bedroom bungalows, which will be built and run by Sandwell Community Caring Trust.