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What has been the impact of the Care Act?

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On the on the face of adult social care
in terms of policy.

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And I would argue
it's been absolutely seismic.

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I'm just going to put up this slide.

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And if you can see that,

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it's hard to believe that
until the Care Act,

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the cornerstone of adult social care
law was the National Assistance Act,

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which began with the words
an act to terminate

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the existing pool or,

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that was a big thing at the time
because it was feared and hated.

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But what a contrast with the NHS
that was created at the same time,

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greeted with huge acclaim
and a universal service,

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whereas for what
we now call social care was very narrow,

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very restrictive,
very limited range of statutory functions.

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And I can remember

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as a young social worker doing something
called part three assessments,

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that's to say assessments of the part
three

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of the National Assistance Act

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for elderly people
needing residential accommodation.

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So although getting rid of the pillar
was a big thing,

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it actually the, the, the residual
a very narrow vision

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of, of the National Assistance
Act cast a very dark shadow,

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on, on adult social

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care, really for a very a very long time.

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Really.

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And the Care Act was really important
in really dragging us away

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from not a single, modern statute

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that not only got rid of the ragbag
of other bits and pieces of legislation.