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Rob Webster, chief executive, NHS Confederation commented yesterday, (9 December), in a joint letter, the health and care sector calls for`care crisis’ talks with Treasury and other Whitehall Departments.

“The NHS is not an island, it is part of a single system. It is counter-intuitive to talk about front-loading NHS funding while not doing the same for social care. Without sufficient investment in social care the sustainability of the NHS is called into question. It is vital that to achieve the government’s aims of transforming care that we work together to  agree a long-term plan for social care funding and provide support closer to home to help people to stay well.  

"By resolving the question of social care funding we will give the NHS a fighting chance of transforming the care that is delivered and ensure the most vulnerable in society are receiving the support when and where they need it.”