Purpose: This article explores to what extent the long debate in England over the funding of long-term care (LTC) has involved learning from abroad. Design/methodology/approach: It draws on Mossberger and Wolman’s (2003) framework which proposes criteria for assessing policy transfer as a form...

<title>Abstract</title> <italic>Reform of the health and social care sector is increasingly promoting competition and choice of new service providers to stimulate growth and efficiency. In England, there has been a growing interest in social enterprise organisations as a more innovative and responsive alternative for...</italic>