Topic: Social Care
Green
Candidate
Commit to fully public, properly funded health and social care system. Push for investment of £20bn to provide free personal care (as in Scotland) for the aged and disabled. Increase pay rates and introduce a career structure for carers to rebuild the care workforce. Push for an additional £3bn to enable local authorities to provide high-quality children’s social care.
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Labour
Candidate
Commit to a complete reform of the care system, through a new National Care Service, new national care standards, and fairer pay and conditions for care workers. Improve integration of NHS and social care services, including funding for NHS to buy social care space to free up hospital beds.
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LibDem
Candidate
Commit to setting up a new National Care Agency which will set minimum standards of care nationwide. Recruit more staff to the sector with a social care workforce plan, including a new Carer’s Minimum Wage. A fairer deal for unpaid carers including increase to Carer’s Allowance.
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