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Norman Lamb MP

Norman Lamb writes… A year at the Department of Health

By Norman Lamb MP | Fri 18th October 2013 - 2:34 pm

Many of you who are councillors will know that yesterday was the first day of the annual National Children and Adult Services conference has been taking place these last three days. When I attended last year, I had only been in my role as Care Minister for a few weeks. Preparing for my speech this year, I was reflecting on quite how much we have achieved over the past twelve months.

In the past year, we have made significant progress in delivering some of the recommendations made by Andrew Dilnot on financing social care. We have launched the first NHS Mandate, enshrining …

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Norman Lamb MP

Norman Lamb writes: A huge leap forwards in delivering personal health budgets

By Norman Lamb MP | Tue 15th October 2013 - 4:04 pm

nhs sign lrgAt the heart of the Liberal vision of a fairer society is the belief that people should be in control of their lives – the belief that the state does not always know best.  For decades in the NHS and the social care sector, we have had a situation where the government will spend tens of thousands of pounds a year providing care for an individual, but giving that individual little or no control over the design and commissioning of their package of care.  We need to achieve a …

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