Different parts of the health and social care system, each with their own qualifying criteria and specialisms, remain too focused on what is and isn't their responsibility – to the detriment of vulnerable elderly people. This needs to change, writes Craig Dearden-Phillips

One recent Friday evening, as part of my research for this The MJ piece, I took the train for an evening drink with a social work manager to chew over some issues. She was on emergency duty, which meant that any urgent social care incident in the city that evening went straight to her mobile.