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National Care Service
Proposed publicly-funded social care systems in Great Britain
National Care Service
A National Care Service (NCS) is a proposed publicly funded system of social care for use in either England, Scotland or Wales. There have been different proposals for each of the three countries of the United Kingdom. A system in England was partially introduced by the Labour government of Gordon Brown in 2010 but abandoned soon after when the coalition government of David Cameron and Nick Clegg came to power in May 2010. Similar to the National Health Service, it would be free at the point of need and paid for through taxation. Social care in the United Kingdom is a devolved policy, with governments in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland responsible for their own social care systems. Northern Ireland has had a publicly-funded social care system since 1973, when it was integrated with its healthcare system, as Health and Social Care. In 2021, the proposal had been adopted by the Welsh Government, where it has been gradually introduced since 2022 over a planned ten-year period, extending...
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