WHITEHALL

Break down the Whitehall barriers

Time and time again, the real barriers to community budgets have turned out to be at the Whitehall level, says Heather Jameson.

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By Heather Jameson | 16 May 2013

The announcement this week that care and health services will be joined up by 2018 is a bit of a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, it is a welcome announcement that social care and health are moving more closely together to cut costs and to save cutting back on services. But on the other hand – why are we looking at 2018?

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Heather Jameson

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