Time for a tax‐funded national care service

Abstract

The existing social care system is riddled with complexity ‐ an unfair system of means testing to determine payment plus a postcode lottery of funding and standards ‐ providing little support for family carers. It is important that the principle of having a tax‐funded national care service is properly considered by the newly established Dilnot Commission on the Funding of Care and Support as a future option, but it will not be enough to simply look at the issue of funding without also addressing the quality, standards and availability of care services.

Citation

Gibson, D. (2010), "Time for a tax‐funded national care service", Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Vol. 11 No. 4, pp. 24-29. https://doi.org/10.5042/qiaoa.2010.0713