Month: February 2017

Over the past few days two news stories have dominated headlines in the care funding crisis debate. One centred on the Government seeking to place an obligation on the NHS to force foreign patients to pay upfront for NHS care. The other was the story of Iris Sibley, an elderly lady forced to remain in …

The politics of diversion in the great care funding debate Read More »

The Institute for Public Policy Research has claimed that an additional 1.6m social workers are required in order to cover shortages that will be caused by Brexit. Claire McNeil, Associate Director IPPR for families and work said: – “Social care services will need to change drastically in order to deal with the growing demand for …

The UK will need 1.6m additional social care workers post Brexit, IPPR claims Read More »

The National Audit Office report has found that the anticipated savings as part of the £5.3bn Better Care Fund have failed to materialise. The intention of the Better Care Fund was to join up health and social care and avoid the problems that flow from bed blocking. The ambition was to reduce emergency admissions by …

National Audit Office questions the optimism of the Government on the effectiveness of the Better Care Fund Read More »

Parliamentary under-secretary for Health, David Mowat, has said that parental responsibility to care for children should apply equally in reverse to elderly parents. It is thought that increased participation in paying for care by families will form part of the longer term funding solution. Speaking to the Parliamentary select committee on communities and local government …

Government asks children to be more responsible for their parents care Read More »