Leaders of the long-term care (LTC) private sector have urged the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Labour leader to work together to build a consensus on how to fund care.
They warned that delaying reforms ‘was no longer an option' and advised that the present setup could deteriorate further without integration of health and social care services. Mark Ellerby, head of Bupa Care Services, was joined by colleagues from charities, the Local Government Association and think tanks in writing to the political leaders regarding the ‘over-burdened system'. The letter coincides with reports of significant problems at the UK's largest private care home operator, Southern Cross. It called the reform of funding for long-term care ‘one of the most difficult and c...
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