Sentences with phrase «funded social care system»

He finally stated: «Why can't the prime minister listen to those in local government, to the King's Fund, the NHS Confederation, her own council leaders and recognise this social care crisis forces people to give up work to care for loved ones because there isn't a system to do it; makes people stay in hospital longer than they should; and leads people into a horrible, isolated life when they should be cared for by all of us through a properly funded social care system.

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As the social care system faces collapse, the key test for this white paper was to deliver an urgent timetable to reform social care funding.

Considering, that spending on health and social care is going to have to rise remarkably over the next decade or two, the need to de-bureaucratize our publicly funded health and social care systems is all the more important, to avoid mistrust and to retain popular support for funding these systems.

I think there are some areas where clearly there is value and rationale in there being closer decision - making between Wales, Scotland and England, whether that's around higher education funding or about how we're going to fund social care in future [or] the nature of our education systems.

The King's Fund reported today that A&E waiting times are at a 9 year high, that trolley waits are at their highest level since 2004 and that two thirds of NHS finance directors blame social care cuts for the pressures in the system.

That is why, through personal budgets, we are pursuing the reform of our care services; we will be consulting on a green paper on the long - term funding issues for care and for carers; and in the coming months I will say more about the reforms needed in both the NHS and our social care system in order to meet this challenge.

James Lloyd, an expert in long - term care funding at the Social Market Foundation thinktank, said creating a fair and properly funded system would need the political parties to agree and for everyone, both young and old, to contribute financially.

Barbara Keeley, the shadow minister for social care, said: «Councils urgently need government funding to stabilise the social care system.

In recognition of pressures on social services, grant funding for social care will be increased by an additional # 1bn by the fourth year of the spending review, and a further # 1bn for social care to be provided through the NHS to support joint working with councils «so that elderly people do not continue to fall through the crack between two systems».

In a recent interview, Social Development Minister Jean - Yves Duclos told The Canadian Press that the Liberals plan to make a long - term funding commitment in the 2017 budget to help provinces expand their child care systems.

This policy statement from the AAP advocates a public health response to the opioid epidemic and substance use during pregnancy, and recommends: a focus on preventing unintended pregnancies and improving access to contraception; universal screening for alcohol and other drug use in women of childbearing age; knowledge and informed consent of maternal drug testing and reporting practices; improved access to prenatal care, including opioid replacement therapy; gender - specific substance use treatment programs; and improved funding for social services and child welfare systems.

This document sets an agenda for collaborative government action in mental health for five years from 2009, offers a framework to develop a system of care that is able to intervene early and provide integrated services across health and social domains, and provides guidance to governments in considering future funding priorities for mental health.