The Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Social Services have made a joint submission to the Inquiry into Continuing Care, which is developing a national framework for the NHS.
They say that if health care for a looked-after child requires training by the district nurse, it must be seen as an NHS function.
Children's home staff and foster carers cannot be expected to undertake the same levels of nursing care for a sick child as a birth parent, they added.
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