Miliband backs integration of health and social care budgets

摘要

Council chief executives have warned any future health and social care system needs to be 'accountable and affordable' as the Labour party launches a new commission.Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow health secretary, Andy Burnham, announced details of their party's health and social care commission on 22 April.Mr Miliband said it will look at 'different ways of bringing the health and social care budgets together, so we can build consensus on how together we can secure the NHS for our children's generation'.He added according to the Nuffield Trust, the NHS is facing a funding gap of up to £29bn a year by 2020.'There is widespread support within the NHS and care services for integrating care,' said Mr Miliband.