Margaret Willcox: ‘Relations with the NHS are tense. But we will rise above it’ | David Brindle

We must pursue integration with the health service despite our differences, says the president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

As president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (Adass), Margaret Willcox finds herself in an unusual position. In the mounting friction between health and social care, she's a leading figure on one side of the fence who also spent half her career on the other side - starting out as a nurse.

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