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Visions and Outcomes Consultation
This paper was the coalition government’s first foray into how they might transform this part of health care. It was written after the spending review and suggests that local authorities have been given the resources to maintain their services, which are lifelines to some of its users. However, the new government believed it wasn’t just money that was a problem, but lack of community as well. -
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The government on adult social care: past, present and future
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"Healthy lives, healthy people" White Paper
Labelled the government's 'long-term vision for the future of public health', this white paper talks about creating a wellness service. It includes all the changes the coalition wanted to make in what it calls the public health service. -
The Law Commission on Adult Social Care
In May 2011, the Law Commission produced a report which suggested the way in which a ‘coherent social care system’ could be made, which made it easy for adults and carers to access their legal rights for care and support services. It recommended putting the individual at heart of decision-making, protecting service users from abuse and neglect, and placing duties on councils and the NHS to work together. -
Fairer Care Funding
The government chose economist Andrew Dilnot to chair the Commission on Funding of Care and Support which suggested how adult social care should be funded, amongst other things.The outcome was that the funding system should be ‘fairer for all', and the main suggestions was that "An adults lifetime contributions towards their social care costs should be capped, meaning once they have reached that cap (suggested to be about £35,000), they can receive full state support." -
Caring for our Future
Between the 15th of November and the 2nd of December 2011, data was collected from the care and support sector to help the Government understand what the priorities for social care reform should be. They justify the need for making change because they believe society is changing, peoples expectations are higher and care is more expensive. Read more here.
