Consultation on care and support priorities

The Department of Health is consulting on six priorities considered to have the most potential for making improvements to the care and support system, as part of its Caring for our future consultation, prior to publication of a White Paper in April 2012.

Priorities are:

• improving quality and developing the workforce
•  increasing personalisation and choice
• ensuring services are better integrated around people’s needs
• supporting greater prevention and early intervention
• creating a more diverse and responsive care market
• the role of the financial services sector in supporting users, carers and their families.

Views are also sought on recommendations made by the Commission on Funding of Care and Support.

Deadline for comments is 2 December 2011.

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