While the Care Act codified a number of those principles and ideas, the broader context fell away, while austerity took the wind out of the sails. And now here we are, with social care largely reduced in political & media discourse to helping unclog hospitals.

For social care, we're already reaching the 'NHS with a country attached' position Wes Streeting warned of this morning. It would be so easy just to cave in and accept that role as the *only* way for social care to gain traction and survive.