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Issue 192
Care Minister Rejects Prospect of a National Care Service… “We Don’t Need Another National Religion”
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Care Minister Helen Whately has rejected the idea of a national care service for England. In a speech to Directors of Adult Social Services referring to national care services in Scotland and Wales, DHSC minister Helen Whately said “simplicity, ideology, and slogans grab headlines. A one-size-fits all approach is not the right answer. We need a vision for care which recognises this, even if it’s harder to spell out, and even if it’s more complicated to deliver.”
Adding that “The debate is hugely oversimplified” as “simplicity, ideology, and slogans grab headlines” while “care is complex”. In June 2023 the Fabian Society published a comprehensive plan for how to deliver on the Labour party’s ambition to create a National Care Service in England, with 48 key recommendations which they said would transform social care in England.
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