Three things we learned this week

Long-term care funding should take note from pensions Long-term care funding has a lot to learn from "how the pensions debate has moved on", says Association of British Insurers director of general insurance and health, Nick Starling.  At this morning's Health Committee on social care, Starling compared the Dilnot Commission with the Pensions Commission and said he hoped to see parliament move beyond party political constraints to address the social care funding shortfall, as had happened with pensions. This would be a starting point to "start to build awareness and consensus and a ...