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In March, Baroness Casey called for a ‘moment of reckoning’ for social care, noting it has lacked the design moment that the NHS had in 1948. Instead, it has evolved in a piecemeal way, layered with assumption, opacity and inconsistency. The boundary between the role of the state and the responsibility of individuals and families in supporting people has remained blurry. As Andy Burnham takes office and the Casey Commission kicks off a ‘national conversation’ with the public about the future of social care and its role in our lives, this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to renegotiate the social contract for social care.