Funding chief rules out free care

The article reports that Andrew Dilnot, chairman of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support, has ruled out having free personal care in England. He states that free personal care will not be recommended by the commission as it will not be resilient enough if implemented. He mentions that the commission will put forward the suggestion of having partnership approach which would combine resources from state, informal carers and individuals.

(Source Info: 3/10/2011, Issue 1856, p9; Subject Term: NATIONAL health services; Subject Term: NATIONAL health services -- Law & legislation; Subject Term: MEDICAL care costs; Subject Term: MEDICAL care; Subject Term: ECONOMIC aspects; Subject Term: LAW & legislation; Subject Term: GREAT Britain; Number of Pages: 1/2p; Document Type: Article; Full Text Word Count: 493)