Will the Care Act blur the distinction between health and social care?

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Will the Care Act blur the distinction between health and social care?

He notes also that social services are to be responsible for training family carers “to feel confident performing basic healthcare tasks”, again subject to a charge, and to “provide or arrange healthcare services where they are simply incidental or ancillary to doing something else to meet the needs for care and support”. This latter point breaches NHS continuing care rules, he asserts.

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