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Health Secretary Alan Johnson has called for "radical change" in social care amid claims the system in England is heading towards a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. ... He stressed the importance of people using new technology to help manage their own conditions...
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Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise
People may have to pay into a compulsory social insurance scheme to contribute towards the costs of care in old age under proposals floated by the government yesterday. The health secretary, Alan Johnson, said he would produce a green paper early next year on dealing with the long-term problem of...
Fundamental Reform Of The Care And Support System Needed, Says King's Fund, UK
Commenting in response to the government's launch of a consultation on the future funding of adult social care in England, King's Fund Chief Executive Niall Dickson said: 'For frail and dependent older people in particular the current prospects are grim - criteria for care are becoming ever more
UK NEWS: Brown pledges social care reform
WARNING that elderly care faces £6 billion funding gap ... Gordon Brown has pledged fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. Mr Brown's remarks...
Gordon Brown entering a minefield on care
The rapidly growing number of elderly is one of the great crises of our time. Labour has been glacially slow in finding a solution. ... In his anxiety to escape the froth and bubble of Westminster tittle-tattle, Gordon Brown yesterday sought to address one of the pressing...
Letters: Care for the old and disabled
Letters: A National Care Service should be set up, funded by the Treasury, to run in parallel with the NHS ... What a disgrace. By imposing means testing on care and pensions, and transferring care costs from income tax and national insurance to council tax, this crisis...
Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise
People may have to pay into a social insurance scheme towards costs of care in old age ... People may have to pay into a compulsory social insurance scheme to contribute towards the costs of care in old age under proposals floated by the government yesterday. The health...
Leading article: Dignity and decent care, from cradle to the grave
Gordon Brown's announcement on social care for the elderly yesterday helped shift the media spotlight briefly away from his own political troubles. But, unfortunately, from the perspective of the elderly, the Prime Minister's announcement contained little substantive. Mr Brown merely unveiled a...
PM Pledges Reform Of Elderly Care
As the percentage of the population in the older age categories expand, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has pledged "fundamental reform to social care of the elderly and disabled" in England as the Government warned that the system is facing a _6 billion funding gap within 20 years.While figures...
Elderly need care, not consultation
In a speech this morning, Gordon Brown called for a national debate around long-term reforms of social care for the elderly and disabled in England. ... The Government fears the system is facing a £6 billion funding gap within 20 years. Mr Brown was said to 'understand'...
Brown vows to make care 'fairer'
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to reform the social care system for England's ageing population. He says that without a radical shake up, the care system in England alone faces a £6bn shortfall within 20 years. ... His speech kicks off a six-month public...
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