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How Britain Plans to Confront Its Long Term Care Crisis


Posted on Jul 20, 2010

Andrew Lansley, health secretary, has told the commission that its recommendations must reflect principles of choice and fairness and must offer value for money and be sustainable in the context of an ageing population. Crucially, they must "be consistent with the government's deficit reduction plan".

The remit also requires the commission to take account of the government's welfare reform plans, examining "the interaction between the social care system and the GB-wide benefit system".

This suggests that the commission may re-examine disability living allowance and attendance allowance, despite the Tories' fierce criticism of Labour for having contemplated merging such benefits into discretionary personal budgets.

Dilnot said: "With more people living longer, we urgently need to find a fair and sustainable way to pay for the care which many of us will need. There are not going to be any easy answers, and I know that difficult decisions will have to be made."

The commission's composition was widely welcomed. Michelle Mitchell, charity director of Age UK, the leading older people's charity, said: "We look forward to working with the commission on the Herculean task of finding radical but workable solutions for funding our care system.

"Amidst an uncertain economic climate, an ever-increasing number of people requiring care, and rising care costs, millions of people in England are literally counting on the commission to ensure we have a care system that is fair and affordable to all who need it."

Martin Green, chief executive of the English Community Care Association, representing larger care providers, said it was imperative that the commission acted swiftly.

"It is our hope that this commission will not revisit the debates about options, but will come up with a conclusion that will deliver the necessary funding that is required for long-term sustainability and innovation in care."

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