There is no magic fix for our social care crisis | Letters

Readers react to government proposals for the NHS to take over the management of social careThe fundamental problems of social care are not structural, but derive from deficiencies in funding and provision. These will not be solved by dumping social care on the NHS (Revealed: NHS could take over social care, swelling budget to £150bn, 27 July).Its problems would be resolved in part by providing local authorities with enough money to fund a decent level of service. The problem of provision