Social care tsar condemns 'failed' system… but Burnham's promised change might not come for a decade

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Baroness Louise Casey delivered the brutal verdict as she published research laying bare the 'fragmentation' of provision in England.

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Successive governments 'asleep at the wheel' over social care, says head of review

Baroness Casey criticises variability of services and fees charged to self-funders in England.

17 hours ago · bbc.co.uk

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Governments have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care

A report published today concludes there is a “fundamentally fragmented system” in England

19 hours ago · manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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'No one in charge' of social care as governments branded 'asleep at the wheel'

Baroness Louise Casey will sound the alarm over the state of the social care system in a speech on Wednesday as part of a major review into the crisis-hit sector

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‘No one is in charge’: social care system in England in chaos, Louise Casey to say

Head of major review into adult social care will say that governments have been ‘asleep at the wheel’ of vital system Successive governments in England have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, leaving the system to grow as a chaotic patchwork of local services with no clear vision, Louise Casey, the head of the social care commission, is to warn. Lady Casey, who is preparing proposals for a big review of adult social care , will say the result is that in effect “no one is in charge” of a system that provides vital services for millions of vulnerable people. Continue reading...

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Disabled people in England ‘have to wait up to two years for wheelchairs’

Ombudsman’s report says delays have profound consequences and limit users’ ability to lead independent lives Disabled people are having to wait up to two years to get a wheelchair because of delays involving NHS bodies and private firms that make them. The situation is revealed in a report by the parliamentary and health service ombudsman for England, Paula Sussex, who said hold-ups were having profound consequences and limiting wheelchair users’ ability to lead independent lives. Continue reading...

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