The government is avoiding the real choices
Here is a Guardian piece describing well the way in which the PM and Chancellor are spinning their decisions to make it look as though social care is fixed. We know it is not.
Top 10 children’s care providers made £300m profits
NaCSILS does not focus on children. But this is such a disturbing story, we felt we had to share it.
Scottish Labour leader pledges nearly £1bn to provide free care for older people
A welcome breath of fresh air from Labour. It also sounds as though Scottish Labour wants to merge social care and the NHS, a move that NaCSILS sees as dangerous. We are keen to debate these ideas.
Tens of thousands driven into debt by care charges
Tens of thousands of disabled people across the country are having debt collection action taken against them every year by their local authorities over unpaid care charges, information secured by disabled campaigners has revealed. From Disability News Service
Universal quality social care: transforming adult social care in England – a report by Women’s Budget Group and New Economics Foundation
These conclusions are very similar to the NaCSILS programme. There are some useful thoughts on how the extra finance could be raised.
https://wbg.org.uk/analysis/reports/universal-quality-social-care/
The NaCSILS event “End Social Care Disgrace”
The Morning Star previewed the event
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