| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | |
| Posted by: | Cllr Sam Hearn | |
| Date/Time: | 02/11/15 16:17:00 |
| Extracts from an article in the DT: The Conservatives put a pledge to introduce a £72,000 cap on how much people have to pay before the state steps in at the heart of their election manifesto. They vowed to bring in the cap from April 2016 to ensure that "no one has to sell their home" to pay for their care. However ministers subsequently announced that they would delaying the introduction of the cap for four years amid concerns that it will cost £6billion over the next five years. The government said that it could not afford to make "expensive new commitments like this" at a time of austerity. When the Conservative's pledged to introduce the cap in their manifesto earlier this year Andrew Dilnot, the economist who originally came up with the reforms, described it as a "watershed moment" for the nation. He said at the time that the "issue had been ducked by successive governments, leading to an unfair system that has seen people selling their homes and losing nearly everything they have worked for". The government decided to delay the implementation after the Conservative-led Local Government Association urged it to put the money into the social care system. It said that the gap between the needs of pensioners and and funding available for social care is "growing by a minimum of £700million a year" and needs urgent attention. Alistair Burt, the care minister, said: "The proposals to cap care costs and create a supporting private insurance market were expected to add £6 billion to public sector spending over the next 5 years. "A time of consolidation is not the right moment to be implementing expensive new commitments such as this." Age UK, the campaigning group for older people, welcomed the government's decision and said it would help stop the care system from "collapsing entirely". Caroline Abrahams, charity director for Age UK, said: ""The Government is right to delay implementing the cap on care costs as the top priority must be to stop the social care system that millions of older people depend on from collapsing in its entirety. "At the moment there are growing concerns that the social care system is in a cataclysmic state of decline and unsustainable on its current basis. From this point of view introducing the care cap would have been a distraction." |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Care Homes | 01/11/15 11:50:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 13:36:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 13:58:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 14:51:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 18:45:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 17:02:00 | Anne England |
| Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 19:10:00 | Mark Perry |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 19:56:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 20:55:00 | Mark Perry |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 21:35:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 09:52:00 | Anne England |
| Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 21:00:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 01/11/15 21:55:00 | Tessa Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 10:32:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 10:48:00 | Jon Perry |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 15:45:00 | Brian Coyle |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 16:17:00 | Cllr Sam Hearn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 18:09:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 02/11/15 20:32:00 | Tessa Russell |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 04/11/15 05:45:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 04/11/15 08:59:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Care Homes | 04/11/15 10:06:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 04/11/15 11:18:00 | Brian Coyle |
| Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 00:57:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 09:56:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 15:41:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 16:30:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 17:26:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 18:28:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 21:32:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: Independent 7 November 2015: Care Home Sector in Meltdown | 07/11/15 21:45:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Care Homes | 07/11/15 17:30:00 | Susan Jennifer Thackray |
| Re:Re:Care Homes | 07/11/15 22:02:00 | Claire Moran |
| Re:Care Homes | 08/11/15 10:10:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Care Homes | 08/11/15 10:47:00 | Arnold Saxton |
| Re:Re:Care Homes | 08/11/15 20:57:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Care Homes | 08/11/15 11:55:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Care Homes | 08/11/15 19:23:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 09/11/15 12:40:00 | Richard Atterwill |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 09/11/15 17:10:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 09/11/15 22:49:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 10/11/15 08:20:00 | Susan Kelly |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 10/11/15 11:08:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Care Homes | 10/11/15 16:53:00 | Susan Kelly |