Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said that legislation to change the
funding of social care for elderly and disabled people in England could
be introduced during this Parliament.
Last July, a review chaired by economist Andrew Dilnot put forward a raft of ideas for changes to adult social care funding in England. Chief among these was a £35,000 cap on what people should pay towards
home visits or care home costs before they get help from the state.
But shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said: "A cap is meaningless
if there is no plan to deliver it. How is it going to be paid for? What
is the timetable to put it in place?"
Care Minister Paul Burstow said Labour had failed to make
changes to the care system when it was in office, and that the coalition
government would "spell out in detail how we will change the system to
comprehensively reform it for the 21st Century".
The Care & Support Alliance says one in two people needs
care in their lifetime costing more than £20,000, while one in 10
requires care costing upwards of £100,000.
You can read & listen to a brief video on this topic on the BBC News site here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18754431
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