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| The bitterest pill | | Author(s) | Richard Forshaw |
| Journal title | Housing Today, issue 141, 8 July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 5-6 |
| Keywords | Organisation of care ; Services ; Health services ; Long term ; Finance [care] ; Policy. |
| Annotation | The House of Commons Health Committee has endorsed the findings of the Royal Commission on Long-Term Care of the Elderly. While there may be technically little to stop Frank Dobson (the Secretary of State for Health) from leaving the Royal Commission report to gather dust, he must respond to a House of Commons select committee report within two months. This article considers the options. Most likely to be implemented is a National Care Commission, a watchdog charged with monitoring trends, ensuring accountability, and representing the interests of consumers. The recommendation of £1.2 billion in extra taxes required to fund long term care seems unlikely to be endorsed, given that Frank Dobson has sided with the minority report by David Lipsey and Joel Joffe. They advocated more modest spending, including increasing community care expenditure, boosting the threshold limit from £16,000 to £30,000, and more use of private insurance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990714201 A |
| Classmark | P: I: L: 4Q: QC: QAD * |
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