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Labour’s #NationalCareService
will end the national scandal of our Social Care sector.
Nearly £8bn has been taken from council budgets since 2010.
“It is right to end the care lottery and provide security and dignity in older age.”
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independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Labour’s #NationalCareService
will end the national scandal of our Social Care sector.
Nearly £8bn has been taken from council budgets since 2010.
“It is right to end the care lottery and provide security and dignity in older age.”
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independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
“As the first building block in our #NationalCareService, the next Labour government will include personal care free at point of use in England.
Funded not through the Conservatives’ gimmicky insurance schemes, ...
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Funded not through the Conservatives’ gimmicky insurance schemes, ...
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... but like the NHS and our other essentials, through general taxation.” - @johnmcdonnellMP
Widening free provision would ease the burden on NHS hospitals by preventing delayed discharges, where vulnerable patients cannot leave hospital due to lack of care at home.
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Widening free provision would ease the burden on NHS hospitals by preventing delayed discharges, where vulnerable patients cannot leave hospital due to lack of care at home.
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It will also provide greater parity of care for people with conditions like #dementia, while reducing the challenges faced by family members and other unpaid carers.
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Labour also plan to end the use of #ZeroHour contracts, ensure carers are paid a real #LivingWage and to end 15-minute care visits.
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The move could save the NHS some £4.5bn a year by freeing up hospital beds, according to IPPR thinktank, which has campaigned for the move.
#ReachOverTheNoise and spread the word 🔈 about Labour’s #NationalCareService
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#ReachOverTheNoise and spread the word 🔈 about Labour’s #NationalCareService
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