Posted in News on Mar 4th, 2010
The Royal College of Nursing is urging the government to provide funding that will enable all patients with long-term illnesses to receive specialist nursing care. Its call comes shortly after the Prime Minister announced that all cancer patients will receive this care. The RCN wants to extend this to cover other long-term conditions such as [...]
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2010
Health secretary Andy Burnham has announced plans for the NHS to transfer a growing number of services from hospital to the patient’s home. Treatments such as chemotherapy and kidney dialysis are among those earmarked for a change in setting. The move is seen as part of Labour’s plans to tailor health and social care services [...]
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2010
The Liberal Democrats have unveiled their own plans for using the money set aside for funding the Personal Care at Home Bill. Party leader Nick Clegg announced that they would use the money to pay for respite care for Britain’s ‘hidden army of heroes’ – the five million unpaid carers that save the economy £87 [...]
Posted in News on Feb 22nd, 2010
The growing tensions between the three main political parties around the future of social care funding have erupted into fierce Parliamentary debates and a row that was broadcast live on BBC One’s The Politics Show. Trouble flared after 78 social care leaders wrote an open letter to the Times newspaper, in which they detailed their concerns [...]
Posted in News on Feb 12th, 2010
In other news around the White Paper, the Guardian reports that the government is considering a compulsory levy of £20,000 to be charged to an individual’s estate after their death. The money raised would be put into the social care funding ‘pot’ for care home fees. Ministers are currently divided over the scheme, which some [...]
Posted in News on Jan 31st, 2010
The charity Counsel and Care has called on the government to make sure that the social care reforms set out in the forthcoming White Paper will be accessible, fair for all and properly funded. Speaking in advance of their annual conference, ‘Delivering quality care: fair to everyone, affordable to all’, chief executive Stephen Burke warned [...]
