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Proposed publicly-funded social care systems in Great Britain
A National Care Service (NCS) is a proposed publicly funded system of social care for use in either England, Scotland or Wales. There have been different proposals for each of the three countries of the United Kingdom. A system in England was partially introduced by the Labour government of Gordon Brown in 2010 but abandoned soon after when the coalition government of David Cameron and Nick Clegg came to power in May 2010. Similar to the National Health Service, it would be free at the point of need and paid for through taxation.
More on Wikipedia ↗Prime Minister Andy Burnham has used his Labour Party Conference speech to set out his proposals for the creation of a National Care Service, describing it as a landmark reform which he intends to introduce in the next Parliament.
The Prime Minister’s commitment to reforming social care has become emphatically clear again this week. After he pledged a National Care Service that is free at the point of use, Camille Oung looks at what “personal care” means and emphasises the need to be clear when it comes to terminology.
The founder and executive chairman of LaingBuisson, William Laing, has outlined a number of potential implications for care home operators, residents and