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Government announces a National School for Social Care Research

The Government's commitment to improve social care services will be given a boost with a new National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research, Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced today.

This follows the launch by the Prime Minister of an intense six month debate about the future shape of care and support services earlier in the month, in advance of a Green Paper.

The new School will be part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and will receive £3 million funding a year, for five years in the first instance. It comes after the successful establishment of the NIHR School for Primary Care Research in 2006.

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