Using Health & Social Care Bill to protect social care funding. The new bill encourages equal treatment and partnership between the public health sector and the social care sector. It would include an annual national legal obligation that whatever the annual rise in NHS funding, the current level of social care funding should be applied to the adult social care. This would avoid any future disputes between these two sectors. Understanding Key Changes And Developments It also allows for a negotiation between the health and social care funding bodies on how to share the funding burden. It is hoped that…
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