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Carers UK responds to announcement of draft Care and Support Bill

May 9, 2012   Carers, disability

 

Carers UK responds to announcement of draft Care and Support Bill

The Government has announced in the Queen’s Speech, which sets out the parliamentary programme for the next year, that a draft Care and Support Bill will be published – but that full legislation would be postponed until the next parliamentary session.

In response, Heléna Herklots, Chief Executive of Carers UK said:

“It is deeply disappointing that the Government has decided to delay social care legislation until the next parliamentary session. Whilst we welcome the opportunity to work with Government on a draft Bill, the Government has failed to deliver on commitments to get modernisation of social care into law by next year.

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Queen’s speech 2012: Draft bill on social care announced

May 9, 2012   Carers, disability, Older care

Who should pay to look after the elderly and disabled?

By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News


The Queen’s Speech

A draft bill on overhauling care and support for elderly and disabled people in England has been announced in the Queen’s Speech.

The bill will put “people in control of their care and give them greater choice,” ministers say.

The contentious issue of how social care is paid for is still unclear.

This week, charities and the Local Government Association called for radical change to prevent people being left “living in misery and fear”.

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Carers express concerns over new policy of ‘self-directed care’

May 8, 2012   Carers, disability, Scotland

8 May 2012 17:16 BST

 

 

 

Care fears: Groups worry about “lack of knowledge” and potential “abuse”.

Care providers from the public, private and voluntary sectors have all expressed “anxiety” about a “seismic shift” in the provision of care for vulnerable people, MSPs have heard.

New legislation could allow disabled people to buy their own alternatives to council-run social care.

However, Holyrood’s Health Committee on Tuesday heard concerns raised by some nurses as well as private and voluntary care providers who may need to deliver thousands of individually tailored care packages.

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