The Spending Review has not earmarked any State money for LTC funding
Chancellor Gordon Brown has failed to include long term care (LTC) funding in his recent Spending Review ' adding to the growing funding crisis faced by elderly people in need of care. Although the review promised a 7.3% increase in overall health spending, Brown ignored the increasing numbers of care homes facing closure and failed to earmark State spending for LTC costs. The charity Help the Aged condemned the move: 'The crisis in care for older people has been ignored by the Chancellor. The chronic underfunding of social care has led to a haemorrhaging of long term care places and a ...
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