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Health and Social Care Bill

I also support the amendment. It will be incredibly difficult to balance healthcare inspection against social care inspection because ultimately there will be limited resources. In inspecting, there are services clearly above the line and those that are clearly below the line, but it is those in the grey area in between that are particularly difficult and it is the patients or users and their carers in that area who are often particularly vulnerable. I shall never forget my experience of being involved in prosecuting what was then called an EMI home and, working with the police, the incredible difficulty of getting evidence of what we suspected was really going on. In fact, what we discovered was even worse than we could ever have suspected. The other advantage of having a declaration of a work pattern ahead of the year is that it acts as a warning shot to services that they will be under scrutiny. The healthcare, social care and mental health services will all be looked at. Therefore, not only will the regulator have to ensure that all parts are looked at adequately but the services themselves will have to address the way that they interface.