ABI response to Law Commission report on Adult Social Care
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
12:00 AM
Responding to the Law Commission report on Adult Social Care, Nick Kirwan, assistant Director, Health & Protection, ABI, said:
"We are very pleased with the report and agree that this is an important step towards creating a sustainable future for Long Term Care. We support the Law Commissions findings to have a single, clear statute - we have been calling for some time for the simplification of the system and these recommendations will help achieve this.
"We are also very supportive of the Commission's recommendations for a streamlined assessment and eligibility framework. In our publication ' A sustainable future for long term care' (October 2010) - we called for clearer care assessments and we are pleased that the Law Commission has recognised this need. We hope that Government recognises and follows through with these recommendations.
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Erfan Hussain
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