§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will make a statement on the distinction between social care and health care as referred to in his statement of 12 July,Official Report, columns 975–79.
§ Mr. MellorIn relation to community care, health care involves the investigation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation undertaken by a doctor or by other professional staff to whom a doctor has referred the patient. In addition, it includes health promotion and the prevention of ill health.
Social care consists of non-health care and support provided through the supply of goods and services to maintain or establish people in their own homes, or by residential or non-acute nursing home care, as appropriate to individuals' needs.
Health and social care combined form the basis of community care.