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Kathrin Cresswell, Professor of Digital Innovations in Health and Care, University of Edinburgh

Can social care ever really be fixed? Experts react to the latest in a long line of promises

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The Big Conversation on Care is the latest attempt to fix England’s broken social care system. Getting a handle on this issue has been attempted no fewer than 22 times since the 1990s – but Prime Minister Andy Burnham has vowed that this time they’ll find the right answers. But what might these be – and will the tough choices on how to pay for it lose Labour votes?

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