If Gordon Brown’s 2009 proposal to provide free personal care at home is anything to go by, consultations on care are best launched early on in a Parliament, when there’s a greater chance of the reforms actually getting enacted.
This week the Department of Health published its consultation on how people in England can pay for their care.
Want full article access?
Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a subscription.
Full website content includes additional, exclusive commentary and analysis on the issues affecting local government.
Already a subscriber? Login