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Social care: learning from the past and looking to the future

  • Communicate historic developments around social care provision
  • Explain the current political situation around social care
  • Identify ways social care funding could be tackled in the near future
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Do we finally have a government willing to grasp the nettle?

Stephen Lowe is group communications director at Just Group

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  1. Which remaining problems did the 1999 Sutherland commission already highlight, according to the author?

  2. The idea of having to sell a home to pay for care has not been an issue in the past, according to the author. True or false?

  3. What has Labour recently announced to tackle staffing problems, according to the author?

  4. There is no central government budget for adult social care in England. True or false?

  5. What does a future social care plan need to address, according to the author?

  6. Housing wealth held by the over 50s could help improve the care system dramatically, according to the author. True or false?

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  • Identify ways social care funding could be tackled in the near future

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