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HEALTH TOPIC

Caring Choices: Who will pay for long-term care?
We are leading 14 organisations in a nationwide initiative to help shape future policy on long-term care for older people.
Review of mental health and social care funding
We are conducting a review of the future funding of mental health services in England, including social care support.

The Future of Care Funding: Time for a change
Bringing together the findings from the Caring Choices events and website, this report looks at possible solutions to the problem of funding long-term care.
Date: January 2008
Securing Good Care for Older People: Taking a long-term view
How much should be spent on social care for older people over the next 20 years, and what funding arrangements are needed? Our report sets out the findings of the Wanless Social Care Review.
Date: March 2006
Trends in the London Care Market 1994–2024
Analyses London's care market, examining trends in its population profile and in the resources and services available for older people
Date: October 2005

Why we are crying out for a care revolution external site
Our failure to support frail, vulnerable older people is one of the unrecognised scandals of our time. Niall Dickson calls for a 'care revolution'
Date: June 2007 Journal ref: The Observer, June 17, 2007
Let's face the future
King's Fund Insight article by Niall Dickson, which argues that, following the Wanless Review of Social Care for Older People, there is now a glimmer of hope that social care really can be transformed.
Date: March 2006 Journal ref: King's Fund bi-monthly update, March 2006