Wednesday 16 November 2011

The care sector needs cash not lawsuits

The care sector needs cash not lawsuits: Reform of statute alone won't address the root problem of cash-strapped councils making cuts to adult social care, says David BrindleLegal rulings against councils' cheese-paring of adult social care are starting to flow thick and fast. One day it's a censure over the tightening of eligibility criteria; the next it's a reprimand for the screwing down of fees for care operators.Such judgments are invariably hailed as "landmark", but in truth they rarely have a wider impact. The Guardian

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