The government says it will provide a £588 million fund to cover adult social care or the immediate costs of care in their own home for patients who require it when discharged from NHS care.
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A new organisation whose primary focus is public health protection and infectious disease capability is being established by the government, health and social care Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
Politics & policyRosamond Roughton, the director general for adult social care at the Department for Health and Social Care, has unexpectedly stepped down from her role.
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