This blog covers the latest UK health care news, publications, policy announcements, events and information focused on the NHS, as well as the latest media stories and local news coverage of the NHS Trusts in Northamptonshire.
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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