T H E P U B L I C AT I O N F O R N U R S I N G A N D R E S I D E N T I A L C A R E H O M E S Issue 139
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MP Demands “Radical Change” for Adult Social Care
Additional Government spending on social care is “unavoidable” to prevent other essential council services being “swallowed up”, says former cabinet minister Damien Green. Mr Green's warning came as he called for a two-pronged approach to resolve the sectors long-standing funding crisis in England. This would include a state-backed “universal care entitlement” and a new form of insurance designed specifically to finance more expensive care costs in
old age, known as the “care supplement”. Mr Green said the proposed system would be similar to pensions in which a basic service is provided, and people can also voluntarily top-up their contributions via a private system at a level they can afford. Speaking in a parliamentary debate earlier this month Mr Green said: “We need to find an acceptable way to allow those with the capacity to improve their own provision to do so.”
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