The health secretary says the delay is a 'difficult decision' but will allow more funding for social care.
The health secretary has defended the delay to a cap on care costs in England, saying it will allow more funding for social care.
Under the plans people would have paid no more than £86,000 towards their personal care during their lifetime. Steve Barclay said the delay was a "difficult decision" but the government was committed to the reforms.Mr Barclay said the "prime cause" of these issues was related to social care as people who were ready to be discharged could not be."We're prioritising the funding we need to get that flow into the hospitals and key amongst that is getting more funding into social care," Mr Barclay told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme.
Mr Barclay said there would be £2.8bn of funding for social care over the next year and £4.7bn the year after, allowing 200,000 more care packages to be delivered over the next two years. People who are well enough to leave hospital are often not able to is because of a lack of support or care home places in the community.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Sanders Seeks Role as Senate Health Chair With “Focus on Universal Health Care”Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that he is seeking to become the chair of a powerful Senate committee that has wide influence over healthcare, workers’ rights and affordable college.
Lire la suite »
Senate Public Health hearing to delve into crisis facing hospital, health care as wholeSenate Public Health Committee Chair Hob Bryan, D-Amory, said no one is tasked with looking at Mississippi’s overall health care system. That is what he hopes to do in an upcoming meeting of the Public Health Committee.
Lire la suite »
UK minister does not recognise report government wants Swiss-style ties with EUBritish health minister Steve Barclay said on Sunday he does not recognise a report that the government wants to move towards a Swiss-style relationship with the European Union.
Lire la suite »
Blue's Clues' Steve Burns Details Battling Severe Depression While Shooting Kids Show'I was the happiest depressed person in North America,' he says, sharing why he really left the show in 2002 (via toofab)
Lire la suite »
Judge rejects former White House press secretary Jen Psaki's effort to quash subpoenaA judge in Virginia has refused to quash a subpoena issued to Psaki seeking her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana.
Lire la suite »
Book review: Steve Martin slips with funny but thin movie memoirBetween the covers of this surprisingly thin memoir are truffles of humor from comedian Steve Martin's movie career illustrated by cartoonist Harry Bliss. The book is a sweet and smooth treat but ultimately unsatisfying.
Lire la suite »