'Forge political consensus' to support Dilnot's funding cap

摘要

Peers have led calls for a 'real political consensus' to be forged in support of Andrew Dilnof s commission on the long-term funding of social care, which would set a lifetime cap on individual costs at between f25,000 and f50,000. Baroness Pitkeathley last week lamented the failure of social care funding to keep pace with demographic pressures, and compared the significance of the Oxford economisf s report, issued in July, to Beveridge's welfare reforms, Launching a motion on funding care and support in the House of Lords on 24 November, the Labour peer - a founder member of the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO) said: 'Since 2004, while spending on the NHS has risen by f25bn, spending on social care has risen by just f43m. To cope with rising demand, councils have increased charges for care services and rapidly raised eligibility criteria.