Should free personal care be available in England? Imagine you live in Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, and, as you get older, find you can no longer get dressed by yourself. You ask your local council for help in your home but discover that, because you have savings of more than £23,250, you will need to pay for it yourself. Welcome to the English social care system.
Now imagine being in the same situation but living in Coldstream, a mile or so over the border in Scotland. Now when you ask for the same kind of help, you will receive it, following assessment, free of charge. Welcome to the Scottish social care system. The King's Fund
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