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Redrawing the boundaries of health and social care
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Family Policy, Autumn 2000, p.6.
Looks at the good and the bad in the governments plans for long-term care and the NHS.
No grey areas
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 12.12.02, 2002, pp.24-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Discusses the government's policy on long term care. Argues current policy is unclear with the debate too narrowly focused on home closures. Also looks at a possible funding role for the NHS in long term care.
The truth about free care
- Author:
- HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 1.11.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Discusses why the bid to create a fairer system of long-term care for older people involves a lot more than the question of whether personal care should be free.
Wrong way home
- Authors:
- WISTOW Gerald, HENWOOD Melanie
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 23.6.94, 1994, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
The Department of Social Security have confirmed that there is a loophole in the legislation which allows some people to make their own arrangements to enter care, funded by public moneys and with no assessment of their needs by social services departments. Outlines how the continuing social security route is open to some people and shows the damaging implications for the NHS. Argues that the loophole should be closed.