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Critics say ministers miss wider scope of social care crisis
Original: Do Andy Burnham & Yvette Cooper understand that the crisis in social care is about more than care for the elderly? Yeste
Commentators are questioning whether Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper grasp that the UK's social care crisis extends beyond elderly care. Writing follows John Harris's argument that the government overlooks non-elderly care needs, including kinship care for children, which campaigners say gets little political visibility despite mounting pressure on families and local services.
Why now: A fresh debate over whether Labour ministers' social care focus ignores children and kinship care
Andy BurnhamYvette CooperJohn HarrisUK government
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- Do Andy Burnham & Yvette Cooper understand that the crisis in social care is about more than care for the elderly? Yesterday I posted on the relative lack of visibility of 'kinship care' for children, today John Harris points to an equal lack of visibility in Govt. (outline)… · ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk · 4
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