The Prime Minister has vowed to end the "state monopoly" of public services and put control back in the hands of professionals and the public.

Writing in the Daily Telegraph, David Cameron says the system needs a "complete change" in order to bring cancer survival rates and other key indicators into line with comparable countries.  

The government's White Paper on Public Service Reform, due to be published shortly, will set out plans in more detail for opening up services to a bigger range of providers.

Although Cameron does not directly mention any reforms to social care provision in the Telegraph article, he does reflect on the experience of supporting his son, Ivan, who died in 2009 aged six.

"Though I was always so grateful for the tremendous care my eldest son received, I never understood why local authorities had more control over the budget for his care than Samantha and I did," he writes.

Read the complete post at http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/social-work-blog/2011/02/pm-signals-end-of-state-monopo.html