• Sajid Javid working on radical plan to merge social care with health in England

    Sajid Javid working on radical plan to merge social care with health in England
    Proposal aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care could be included in white paper on reformRadical plans for a new national care service under which health and social care would be delivered by the same organisation are being actively considered by the government for inclusion in a white paper next month, according to senior Conservatives and Whitehall sources.The idea of local authorities and the NHS taking joint responsibility for social care, perhaps working from a single combined

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