Burnham's integration vow over GM health and care

摘要

Andy Burnham has vowed to drive 'further and deeper' integration in Greater Manchester as he pushes health and social care towards a single system. The newly-elected mayor had previously called for social care to be run by the NHS, and, as health secretary in 2010, pledged to create a national care service - a policy Labour this week revisited in its manifesto. But in a wide-ranging interview with The MJ, Mayor Burnham suggested his focus had now shifted to using Greater Manchester as a test site for establishing a single health and care system.