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New NHS-style social care system could take decades, Dilnot says

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A new NHS-style social care system for England could take decades to be implemented, economist Sir Andrew Dilnot has told the BBC.

Sir Andrew, who led a commission proposing reform of the system 15 years ago, said Prime Minister Andy Burnham appeared to want social care to be completely free, including residential costs.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the cost of such a scheme would be "very substantial".

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