Integrating health and social care is vital to deliver Jeremy Hunt's plan | Julia Scott

To improve services, the two sectors must work as one. Here are three priorities for action

Jeremy Hunt’s speech outlining the seven principles for reforming social care was most welcome after another winter of discontent in the NHS. The speech recognised that much of the pressure on the health service is brought about by problems in transitioning patients back into their homes and communities, an issue the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has been talking about for a number of years. The crux of the challenge lies in how to better align health and social care and how to change perceptions of social care so it receives parity with health.

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