The independent sector can offer a "continuum of services" for people with specialist conditions when they fall between health and social care services, conference delegates were told.
Dr Krystyna Walton, medical director at Highbank Rehabilitation Centre, said there was "too much conditioning" of patients and users into either health or social care when what they need is a combination of rehabilitation, sub-acute and community services.
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