20th August 2009

Department of Health publishes Social Care Green Paper

On 14 July, the Department of Health (DH) published its long-awaited green paper on the future funding of adult social care. At its heart is a proposal to establish a national care service, providing all people with needs above a single England-wide threshold with access to some public funding for their care in older age.

The consultation on the green paper – called The Big Care Debate – will run until 13 November 2009. The green paper is due to be followed by a white paper in 2010 but the government does not envisage implementing the plans until 2014, well into the next Parliament, and potentially under a Conservative government.

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(Source – www.communitycare.co.uk)

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