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Politicians urged to seize chance to change social care
Plans to reform social care will be put forward in the spring, ministers said.
3 January 2012 Last updated at 08:26
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Politicians from all parties have been urged to work together to find a way to overhaul the “failing” social care system in England.
Cross-party talks about the care given to the elderly and disabled failed in 2010 but will start again this month.
In an open letter, charities, faith-based groups and senior figures in the NHS and local government say the opportunity must not be missed.
Plans to reform social care will be put forward in the spring, ministers said.
Elderly ‘robbed of dignity’ by failing social care services
Full-time carers who are forced to leave their jobs to look after frail relatives are being “pushed to breaking point”
By Tim Ross, Political Correspondent
10:00PM GMT 02 Jan 2012
Hundreds of thousands of elderly people are being robbed of their dignity by England’s failing social care services and left at risk of “terrible abuse and neglect”, David Cameron has been warned.
An unprecedented coalition of more than 60 government advisers, charity directors and independent experts is demanding “urgent” and “fundamental” reform to care and home help services in England.
Thousands are forced to sell their homes and use up their savings to pay rising care bills each year, while businesses are losing experienced staff who are forced to quit to look after their relatives.
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
£150m home care boost for elderly patients
Ministers have allocated an extra £150m for patients to get care at home after warnings that local authority cuts were creating a “crisis” in social care.
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