New arrangements have been introduced to provide NHS funded services for people outside hospital with ongoing health needs. Continuing healthcare can be provided in any setting including in the home or in a care home. NHS continuing healthcare is free, unlike help from social services for which a charge may be made depending on income and savings.
Campaigners are claiming today that while the Government’s Environmental watchdog has made progress it still has a lot to do to show it can really protect landscapes and wildlife. The verdict comes from the Campaign to Protect Rural England, which today issues a report into the work of Natural England in the year since its creation.
Council leaders have welcomed Government plans for financial incentives for authorities who act to make more homes available and speed up the building of new properties. They have warned, however, that there needs to be additional money for services to prevent the creation of what they call ‘desolate dormitories’.
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