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NHS Next Stage Review

I welcome today’s statement, which will build on the improvements that I have seen to the local health community in Blackpool. My right hon. Friend will recall last year’s White Paper, ““Our health, our care, our say””, which mentioned the importance of social care services working with health services to deliver the Government’s public health agenda. Will he take this opportunity to reconfirm the central role played by such services, so that patients can be considered as a whole and get the services that they need?