The NHS should spend more on adult social care to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of support for older and disabled people, MPs said today.
A government mandated transfer of £648m from primary care trusts to councils had been effective in boosting funding on adult social care, said a report from the health select committee.
Similar annual transfers are due from 2012-15, alongside further NHS spending on reablement social care services. However, the total spend - about £1bn a year - is just 1% of annual NHS funding, the MPs added.
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