The King's Fund response to the government's Green Paper Shaping the Future of Care together: Consultation response

Social care finances

We warmly welcomed the publication of the government's Green Paper on social care funding reform, representing an important milestone on the journey towards a reformed system. In this response however, we set out the need to begin change immediately and urgently, and for there to be political consensus on any settlement.

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