Social Services

(asked on 16th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that the forthcoming consultation on adult social care will address the care needs of people aged under 65; and whether that consultation will contain proposals for supporting working-age people with disabilities and long-term conditions to live independent lives.


Answered by
Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 21st November 2017

The Government recognises the challenges faced by people of working age with care needs. We are committed to ensure that people with disabilities and complex conditions are able to live healthy, independent lives, and participate fully in society. The Green Paper will focus on care for older people, but many of the issues and questions about the sustainability of the care system, will be relevant to adults of all ages. To ensure that issues specific to working-age adults with care needs are considered in their own right, the Government will take forward a parallel programme of work, led jointly by the Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government, which will focus on this group. This work will also be overseen by the Inter-Ministerial Group to ensure alignment with the Green Paper.

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