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Issue 244
Deliver on Promise Of A National Care Service... Government Urged
The government has once again been urged to deliver on its promise top create a national Care Service. In its 2024 manifesto in the lead up to July 2024’s general election, Labour set out a longer-term plan to create a “national care service”, which it said would deliver “consistency of care across the country” through national standards that ensured “high-quality care and ongoing sustainability”. Its manifesto pledged that ““Labour will undertake a programme of reform to
create a national care service, underpinned by national standards, delivering consistency of care across the country. Services will be locally delivered, with a principle of ‘home first’ that supports people to live independently for as long as possible. Our new standards will ensure high-quality care and ongoing sustainability, and ensure providers behave responsibly. Labour will develop local partnership working between the NHS and social care on hospital discharge.”
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