Social care vision for the 21st century.

The article reports on the publication of the details of the vision of the government for 21st century care in England. The five-point plan includes the building of a skills academy which will focus on the development of the world class leadership and commissioning in the public, private and voluntary sectors. The government also plans to open discussions with publishers to create a high prestige social care journal which is similar in nature to "The Lancet" in health. The process aims to provide academics, practitioners and service users and their families a platform for debate and commentary in the state of social care.