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Voluntary Sector North West
St. Thomas Centre
8 November 2011
The ‘Caring for our Future – shared ambitions for care and support’ engagement exercise is the Government’s next step in the reform of social care before the publication of the Care and Support White Paper. It aims to discuss the priorities for improving social care with people who use care and support services, carers, local councils, care providers and the voluntary sector.
VSNW, in partnership with Regional Voices, have produced a combined Briefing and Response document so that the voluntary and community sector in the North West can make their views known on what they feel should be the priorities for the proposed care and support system.
The document provides you with information as well as a space in which to feed in your response. This will form part of a coordinated response to the Department of Health by VSNW and Regional Voices. Closing date for responses is Monday 21st November 2011.

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