Financial advisers will be ‘centre stage' in the future long-term care system, according to the minister for care and support.
Speaking at yesterday's Society of Later Life Advisers' [SOLLA] conference on ‘The Value of Advice', Norman Lamb said the current system was "completely dysfunctional" as people deteriorated with no access to advice and the belief there were no products available. He said it was crucial for government to move from Dilnot's capped cost principles to implementation, with a focus in the draft care and support bill on advice. Lamb told adviser- delegates: "This is where critically you come in. How that person can make best uses of the resources they have available to them. Your role in th...
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