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| The Autumn Statement: joint statement on health and social care | | Corporate Author | King's Fund; Nuffield Trust; Health Foundation |
| Publisher | The King's Fund, Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation, London, 8 November 2016 |
| Pages | 23 pp |
| Source | Download: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/autumn-statement... |
| Keywords | Services ; Health services ; Local Authority ; Costs [care] ; Public expenditure cuts ; England. |
| Annotation | The King's Fund, Nuffield Trust and the Health Foundation are urging the government to address the critical state of social care in its forthcoming Autumn Statement. In the past six years, the number of people aged over 65 accessing publicly funded social care has fallen by at least 26% (more than 400,000 people). This joint statement notes that UK public spending on social care is set to fall back to less than 1 per cent of GDP by the end of this parliament, leaving thousands more older and disabled people without access to services. It presents evidence on actual and planned changes in spending on health and adult social care from 2010/11 until 2020/21. It concludes that, as a minimum, the Autumn Statement should bring forward the additional Better Care Fund money planned from 2018/19, if the pressures facing the social care system and the NHS are to be relieved. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161108001 E |
| Classmark | I: L: PE: QDC: WN8:5YD: 82 |
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