HEALTH

A wake-up call for social care

Thomas Bridge talks to Norman Lamb about the future of social care and the message he will be sending local government at his speech to the Local Government Association annual conference next week

Speaking to Norman Lamb, it is evident the former care minister sympathises with the tough situation councils face on social care.

Our conversation is peppered with discussion of the ‘nightmarish challenge' faced by local authorities on health budgets, the ‘impossible pressures' levelled on social care services and the ‘completely unsustainable' position councils currently find themselves in.

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