The second annual National Social Services Conference in Wales last month coincided with Community Care's special edition on how social care has changed in different UK regions since devolution.

I hopped over the Severn Bridge for the two-day gathering in Cardiff, returning to the city where I spent six years as a student and local newspaper reporter.

I was struck by a number of incidents supporting Community Care's observations around "the distinctive Welsh approach", confirming many of the nation's unique personality traits I had already experienced.

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