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LGA responds to Age UK report on care funding comparison
Cllr James Jamieson, Vice Chairman of the Local Government Association, responded to a report by Age UK on how long-term care funding in England compares to systems in Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Japan
“This report helps to stimulate the public debate we are leading on how to provide a long-term solution to funding adult social care to rescue a system in crisis.
“Adult social care is at breaking point due to years of underfunding, rising demand and costs for care and support.standards of care.
“Action is needed, which is why, following the Government’s postponement of its long-awaited green paper on adult social care, the LGA has published its own green paper to drive forward the public debate on what sort of care and support we need to improve people’s wellbeing and independence and, crucially, how we fund these vital services.”
'The lives we want to lead' – The LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing
Adult social care and support matters. High quality social care and support helps people live the life they want to live. It helps bind our communities, it sustains our NHS and it provides essential economic value to our country.
Notes
- The LGA’s green paper consultation, which runs until 26 September, is available here.
- The LGA will respond to the findings in a further publication in the autumn, which will be used to influence the Government’s own expected green paper, forthcoming Autumn Budget for 2019/20 and Spending Review.
- Recent surveys by the LGA show that 96 per cent of councils and lead members believe there is a major funding problem with adult social care; 89 per cent said taxation must be part of the long-term solution to funding it, and that 87 per cent of the public support more funding to plug the significant funding gap in the sector.
View report: England the ‘poor man’ of group of developed countries when it comes to funding care for older people
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