Opinion: Care services: this time it's personal

By Nick Seddon, Third Sector, 7 May 2008

Social services - including services for elderly, mentally ill and physically disabled people - have long been known as Cinderella services because they haven't been invited to the funding or policy-making ball.

Now, however, the Government is introducing reforms that could signal a shift. Niall Dickson, chief executive of the King's Fund, has called it "a massive cultural change, driven locally, in the way care is delivered". The model currently being piloted involves personal budgets and self-directed support plans. Before now, social...

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