14 July 2009

14 July

I went with Nadra this afternoon to the launch of the Green Paper by Andy Burnham, Phil Hope and David Behan so we finally managed to get our hands on a copy of the Green Paper.
You can too if you go to:
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_102338

We will be doing a piece in the next newsletter about the Green Paper but for care home providers the key point is that the proposal is that Government would pay for care and the individual would pay for “board and lodgings”. In principle this sounds acceptable but as always the devil may be in the detail so as we develop our response I will keep you informed via the blog.