Health secretary says initial reports from commission led by Louise Casey will come next year
My colleague Emily Dugan has an article write-up here of the key points from Wes Streeting’s media appearances this morning talking about Labour’s intention for an independent commission looking at the future of adult social care and the setting up of a national care service.
The government’s announcement of an independent commission into adult social care has been criticised as effectively stalling any reform in the short-term. Appearing on the Today programme this morning Wes Streeting was pressed on whether there would actually be any money to implement plans, and also on why they had cancelled plans that had been in progress.
I would certainly like to see people protected from the catastrophic costs of upfront care that sees people forced to sell their homes and move out.
It’s a really good example of how we need to break out of the failure of the cycle of short-termist politics.
Because what actually happened was that we came into government perfectly prepared to go ahead with the previous government’s plan, on the basis it was funded and it was due to come in October 2025 and we didn’t want to undo it.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Health secretary says initial reports from commission led by Louise Casey will come next yearMy colleague Emily Dugan has an article write-up here of the key points from Wes Streeting’s media appearances this morning talking about Labour’s intention for an independent commission looking at the future of adult social care and the setting up of a national care service.The government’s announcement of an independent commission into adult social care has been criticised as effectively stalling any reform in the short-term. Appearing on the Today programme this morning Wes Streeting was pressed on whether there would actually be any money to implement plans, and also on why they had cancelled plans that had been in progress.I would certainly like to see people protected from the catastrophic costs of upfront care that sees people forced to sell their homes and move out.It’s a really good example of how we need to break out of the failure of the cycle of short-termist politics.Because what actually happened was that we came into government perfectly prepared to go ahead with the previous government’s plan, on the basis it was funded and it was due to come in October 2025 and we didn’t want to undo it. Continue reading…
