Davey accuses govt of ignoring social care

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Lib Dems leader, Sir Ed Davey, has accused the government of ignoring the social care sector, which will help reform the NHS. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We fought the election talking about the need for more GPs, more NHS dentists, more community

00:04pharmacists, so people can get the healthcare in their community, get it quicker, so they

00:08don't have to go to hospital or to A&E departments. And we still think that's really important.

00:12I think that will help reform the NHS. And the big thing that I don't see the government

00:17doing is sorting out social care. That's the reform, above all reforms, that the NHS needs.

00:24And if you don't get the social care right, I'm afraid our hospitals will continue to

00:28struggle. Before the general election, we costed those, and we were very modest in our

00:32costing. So, for example, on free personal care, we didn't include the savings you get

00:37to the NHS by the end of the decade, by 2030, we will give £3bn of savings to the NHS through

00:44our policies. So if you think long-term, as we have done, you can get the NHS investment,

00:50you can get the care, and it's affordable. And I strongly believe in what we call invest

00:55to save. If you get the NHS right, you can help people get back to work as well. That

01:00will boost the economy and produce the growth that we all know our country needs.

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