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Personal Care at Home Bill
— Bill no 11 of 2009-10: Research paper 09/90 | | Author(s) | Manjit Gheera, Lorna Booth |
| Corporate Author | House of Commons Library |
| Publisher | House of Commons Library - Electronic format, London, 9 December 2009 |
| Pages | 15 pp (Research Paper 09/90) |
| Source | Download: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp20... |
| Keywords | Domiciliary services ; Services ; Charges ; Finance [care] ; Statutes ; Social policy ; Government publications. |
| Annotation | The Personal Care at Home Bill was presented in the House of Commons on 25 November 2009 and is due to have its second reading on 14 December 2009. In September 2009, the Government announced that it would be introducing free personal care for people living in their own home with the highest care needs. The Bill follows proposals announced earlier in 2009 in the Green Paper 'Shaping the future of care together' to create a new National Care Service for social care. It is intended that the introduction of free personal care will be the fist step in setting up the National Care Service. Subject to the Bill's passage through Parliament, the Government expects that the provision of free personal care in England would be available from October 2010. This research paper provides a digest of information on the policy context (including existing provision in Scotland) and on the provisions of the Bill. It includes the proposed working definition for personal care, listing those costs that will not be covered. It cites reactions to the Bill from groups representing older and disabled people, including criticism on the lack of information on how the policy would be funded and who would benefit. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091210502 E |
| Classmark | N: I: QEJ: QC: 6P: TM2: 6OA * |
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