Undoing the NHS market a necessary step, but absence of a plan for social care disappointing

Commenting on the publication today (Thursday) of the health and social care white paper, UNISON head of health Sara Gorton said:
“Scaling back the damaging internal market that forces the NHS to compete against itself and the private sector can’t happen soon enough.
“Eight years ago, the then government was warned its changes wouldn’t work and would tie the NHS up in needless competition and contract drafting. Yet ministers carried on regardless.
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