Dilnot Report

The white paper response to the Dilnot report will be a vital opportunity for all sectors to get involved, Baroness Greengross said ahead of its publication today.

An alliance of long-term care groups and campaigners has created a six-point plan calling for urgent and significant reform of the country's "unfair system".

Failure to reform the long term care (LTC) system could force the closure of parks, libraries and public toilets the leaders of every major council in England and Wales have warned.

Nearly three quarters of advisers (71%) believe providers should create new prefunded long term care products, but more IFAs need to advise in this sector, a free Defaqto research paper has found.

MPs from the All Party Local Government group have launched an inquiry examining the future of care provision, answering questions thrown up by the Dilnot Commission report.

The government faces a few problems in the next 12 months when it comes to its strategy for funding care of the elderly. Peter Barnett outlines the twists and turns.

The Health Committee report on Social Care is making recommendations having failed to understand the technicalities behind the Dilnot Report, Partnership has said.

MPs on the Health Select Committee (HSC) have urged the government to stimulate the long term care (LTC) insurance market.

The government is expected to recommend a cap on long-term care (LTC) fees of between £50,000 and £60,000, according to a report.

With white papers due this year on long-term care (Dilnot Review), sickness absence and also the Treasury's work on simple products, how much explicit help (not just macro changes to benefits and the NHS) would you want the government to give the industry?...