Tag Archives: Department of Health

Winterbourne View: Minister says action is ‘national imperative’

19/12/2012 – 10:00 am

The government has pledged to move hundreds of people with learning difficulties out of hospitals and into new homes in the community, in the wake of the Winterbourne View abuse scandal.
It has also promised that companies that provide services to people with learning difficulties would be held accountable – possibly through the criminal courts – [...]

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Conservative conference: Hunt hints at more delays on care funding

19/10/2012 – 10:00 am

The new health secretary has suggested there could be further delays to reform of the funding of long-term care and support.
Speaking at the annual Conservative party conference in Birmingham this week, Jeremy Hunt said he wanted to transform care for older people, and particularly those with dementia, but failed to mention working-age disabled people.
Hunt, a [...]

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