Issue - meetings

A Care and Support Green Paper has been published and is part of the Government’s Ageing Strategy.  The attached briefing note has been produced by the Local Government Association and the Strategic Director People will verbally update the Committee on the main proposals in the Green Paper.

The Committee received a briefing produced by the Local Government Association on the Government’s Green Paper on the Care and Support of Disabled and Older People.

The Paper proposed the establishment of a National Care Service and sought views on a number of options for funding care and support in future, namely whether funding should be organised nationally or whether there should continue to be a partnership between central government and local government.

A full report on the Green Paper would be submitted to the next meeting of the Committee and the Committee would be invited to submit comments to the Cabinet who would be responding to the Green Paper on behalf of the Council.

RESOLVED:  That the report be noted.