The impossible dream Resource Item Download file Date published31 December 2014 LocationEnglandEnglandScotlandScotlandCymruCymruNorthern IrelandNorthern IrelandUKUK Related professional interestHealth based social workSocial work history, policies and reform PublishersThe British Association of Social Workers RightsThe British Association of Social Workers In the first of three articles on what contemporary history tells us about social work, Terry Bamford looks at the integration of health and social care and asks is it a case of the Emperor’s new clothes?