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England’s social care system is in chaos due to government neglect, leaving a fragmented patchwork of local services with no clear central leadership or vision.
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‘No one is in charge’: social care system in England in chaos, Louise Casey to say
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Head of major review into adult social care will say that governments have been ‘asleep at the wheel’ of vital systemSuccessive governments in England have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, leaving the system to grow as a chaotic patchwork of local services with no clear vision, Louise Casey, the head of the social care commission, is to warn.Lady Casey, who is preparing proposals for a big review of adult social care, will say the result is that in effect “no one is in charge” of a system that provides vital services for millions of vulnerable people. Continue reading...
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