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The King's Fund has started a six-month review of health and social care in Northern Ireland.

The inquiry, which will be led by chief economist Professor John Appleby, will look at demand for services, resources and the relationship between health and social care.

It will be similar to Derek Wanless's 2003 inquiry into Welsh health and social care, and comes amid calls for a fundamental review of social services funding in England, along the lines of Wanless's 2002 report on the NHS.