The Big Care Debate

Usdaw members are being encouraged to give their views on England's care system as part of the Government’s new consultation.

England's care and support system needs to reform in order to meet the demands of our changing society. We are living longer and have higher expectations of what public services will provide.

The Government is offering everybody the chance to have their say with the Big Care Debate.

They want to create a National Care Service that is fair, simple and affordable. To set this process in motion, a public consultation document or Green Paper has been published called Shaping the Future of Care Together.

This spells out the options for reform - how a new system could be organised and paid for. The Government are asking everybody what they think of these options and which ones they would like to see adopted.

The public consultation is running until 13 November.

Five ways to get involved

1. Contribute to the online stakeholder debate. You can go directly to the Stakeholder homepage at: www.careandsupport.direct.gov.uk/stakeholders

2. Take part in local stakeholder events: A series of 36 regional Department of Health sponsored stakeholder events are being held in in July, September and October. For dates, locations and registration details see: www.coievents.co.uk/careandsupport

3. Hold your own consultation event and feed back the views of your local community stakeholders. An online stakeholder toolkit with a poster, questionnaire, invitation letter, press release template, PowerPoint presentation and advert template will soon to be available at: www.careandsupport.direct.gov.uk/stakeholders

4. E-mail formal responses using the form at: http://careandsupport.direct.gov.uk/contact/

5. Send written responses and supporting documentation to:
The Care and Support Team,
Room 149, Richmond House
79 Whitehall,
London
SW1A 2NS.

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