The Government's investment into long-term care will only be a 'short-term and partial solution' to ...
The Government's investment into long-term care will only be a 'short-term and partial solution' to the problem of funding, according to Sir Stewart Sutherland, chairman of the Royal Commission. Speaking at a lecture hosted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Sutherland welcomed the £1.4bn promised in the NHS Plan in July. He said: "These arrangements will ease the inequitable financial burden on older people currently required to pay for nursing care they receive in nursing homes, care which would be free in any other setting. Some individuals will save around £100 a week." Sutherland al...
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