Social Care

How about a little crystal ball gazing? What will the NHS under the coalition be like in the future years? How will the changes impact upon the lives of the people of North Staffs? I have looked at the manifesto pledges of both Lib dems and Tories and here are my hunches for the future of local health care.
Staffordshire County Council’s Social Care leader Matthew Ellis has joined forces with other leading councillors to express concerns at “unclear, unfunded” Government proposals for free personal care at home.
Staffordshire County Council today called for partners and other local authorities to do more to support carers and the voluntary sector following the announcement that dementia now costs the economy twice as much as cancer.




