UK & World News: Johnson calls for 'radical change'

icnetwork.co.uk     12-May-2008            

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... [read full story]                    

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Letters: Care for the old and disabled

guardian.co.uk     13-May-2008          

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...                    

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UK NEWS: Brown pledges social care reform

southwalesargus.co.uk     13-May-2008          

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...                    

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Ministers look at social care insurance as costs rise

tiscali.co.uk     13-May-2008          

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...                    

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