Daily Archives: 16/07/2011

Dilnot commission: Government sparks fears of new delays over funding reform

The Department of Health (DH) is set to cause outrage among disabled campaigners after it appears to have abandoned plans to include reforms to care and support funding in a white paper next spring.
Following this week’s launch of a well-received report on the funding of care and support in England by the Dilnot commission, the [...]

Dilnot commission: Campaigners back report’s proposals

Activists have called on disabled people and other campaigners to “get behind the findings” of a commission set up to recommend changes to the funding of care and support in England.
Although there was disappointment with some of the details of the Dilnot commission’s report, disabled people’s organisations have strongly welcomed most of its basic principles.
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