Securing Good Care for More People - Options for Reform
Richard Humphries is a Senior Fellow at The King’s Fund
Julien Forder is Professor of the Economics of Social Policy and Deputy Director of PSSRU at the
José-Luis Fernández is Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow at PSSRU at the London School of Economics.
The King’s Fund 2010 – March 2010
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/document.rm?id=8610
“….Fundamental reform to achieve a more sustainable funding system is both essential and possible, through four steps:
– adopting a staged approach to funding reform
– a fundamental spending review to achieve a new settlement for older people
– ensuring that the reform of funding is accompanied by reform of delivery.
– driving comprehensive reform by establishing a strategic, long-term framework for change, which will require an all-party road map for reform….”
Content:
Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Trends and developments
Introduction
Policy developments
Need and unmet need
Demographic and social change
A colder financial climate
New ideas on funding options
Lessons from other countries
Prevention and early intervention
Improved modelling tools
3 The funding options assessed
The King’s Fund partnership model
Free personal care model
The Green Paper options compared
Working-age adults
4 Reforming Attendance Allowance
5 Conclusions and ways forward
The case for change
Towards long-term reform – four steps
Appendix A Technical notes and tables
References
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