Dr Devan Moodley in LBC: some things are better done once, for everyone

Responding to the promise of free social care, Dr Devan Moodley argued in LBC that the common work of writing care policies should be done once, nationally, and adapted locally.

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September 28, 2026

Responding in LBC to the Prime Minister’s promise of free social care, Dr Devan Moodley argued that tens of thousands of care providers each write the same policies from the same national rulebook.

The common work, he said, should be done once, nationally, to a standard everyone can trust, and adapted locally. He added that information in the care system does not follow the person, calling it a coordination problem rather than a data problem.

First published in LBC on 28 September 2026. Read the original article.