Andy Burnham confirms health and social care marriage

Health secretary Andy Burnham

Health secretary Andy Burnham has told MPs that the NHS and local government should stop applying rigid rules about which services they each pay for, in direct response to HSJ’s revelation that the NHS is expected to take greater responsibility for social care.

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