Social Care: Govt kicking the can down the road yet again

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Responding to Care Minister Stephen Kinnock’s comments that the government’s plan to reform social care will be published "in the next 12 months", Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:

"The previous Conservative government ignored this crisis and left our social care system on the brink of collapse. It is not good enough for the government to kick the can down the road yet again.

“We need to begin cross-party talks immediately to get social care on a long-term sustainable footing. You cannot fix the crisis in the NHS without fixing social care."

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Notes to Editors:

The Care Minister’s comments can be found here.