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Article: A Green Paper And Grey Expectations - Is The 'Big Care Debate' Big Enough?(social care and health insurance laws)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- July 27, 2009
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In a Green Paper, 'Shaping the Future of Care Together', the Health Secretary Andy Burnham has invited everyone to join the 'Big Care Debate' on what a 'National Care Service' should look like and how adult social care should be paid for, with a consultation which is open until 13 November 2009. Whatever the outcome, it will have profound implications for all providers and commissioners of health as well as social care.
Entitlement to care services? The Green Paper says that every adult should be able to expect:
Preventative services – keeping people independent and well for as long as possible
National assessment – an assessment ...