'End crisis' in social care, says alliance

摘要

An alliance of more than 40 charities, healthcare organisations and private operators has called on the Government to 'end the crisis' in the social care system. In a joint letter to the health secretary Andrew Lansley, the heads of 45 organisations, including the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, the English Community Care Association and Macmillan Cancer Support, said the current system needed reform - particularly existing funding practices. The organisations call on Mr Lansley to build on the recommendations set out last year by economist Andrew Dilnot and the Law Commission to create a 'sustainable and dear social care system'.