Posted in News on Mar 4th, 2010
The government has admitted that, despite the introduction of the National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare in 2007, there are still wide regional variations in the likelihood that a patient will be assessed as eligible for funding. The chances of qualifying for continuing care are up to ten times more in certain areas, including Shropshire, [...]
Posted in News on Dec 10th, 2009
The care home provider Southern Cross, which runs around 600 care homes in the UK, has spoken out against the postcode lottery of local authority funding for care home places. Chief executive Jamie Buchan, speaking to the Daily Telegraph, warns that the lower fees paid by some councils do not cover the full cost [...]
Posted in News on Sep 30th, 2009
The Social Care Charging Measure, soon to be introduced in Wales, has led to concerns that home care costs will rise rather than fall for some residents. 14,000 people in Wales currently pay for home care charges. The Measure aims to combat the existing postcode lottery whereby people in different areas of Wales [...]
Posted in News on Aug 12th, 2009
On 5 August, the Guardian newspaper held a roundtable, sponsored by the Department of Health, to allow disabled people and the organisations that represent their rights to discuss the recently-published Green Paper on social care. Overall, the participants voiced their support for the introduction of a new social care service that is presented in [...]
Posted in News on Jul 27th, 2009
Reactions continue to the Government Green Paper on the reform of adult social care services and funding, published on 14 July. A number of organisations have highlighted flaws in the thinking behind the Paper, or have exposed gaps and omissions in the document’s scope. Some of the key points that have been made [...]
Posted in News on Jul 17th, 2009
The Government has published its long-awaited Green Paper on the reform of the adult social care system in England. Entitled ‘Shaping the future of care together’, the Paper was published on 14 July 2009. It marks the start of a four month consultation process during which the Government aims to get as much [...]
Posted in News on Jul 14th, 2009
Two reports by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (now the CQC) have received recent publicity and have highlighted once again the huge variations in social care standards across England. The Egov Monitor website reports on the high standards of care found by the CQC in the borough of Wandsworth in London during its [...]
Posted in News on Jul 14th, 2009
A political storm has blown up around the long-awaited Government Green Paper on the reform of social care funding – and publication has been delayed once again. The Paper is now expected on 14 July. The latest delay is allegedly the result of a Whitehall row over some of the proposals made in [...]
Posted in News on Jul 10th, 2009
In more home care news, the Welsh Assembly has announced the introduction of a new bill that will end the country’s ‘postcode lottery’ of domiciliary care costs. The existing system has been described as confusing and complicated and has led to residents in the Neath Port Talbot area paying up to £183.80 more [...]
Posted in News on Jul 10th, 2009
An investigation conducted by the Sunday Telegraph has revealed that the cost of receiving personal care – help with basic tasks such as washing, eating and dressing – in the home has risen by an average of 45% in the last two years. The cost of personal care and the increases themselves [...]
