denotes premium content | Jan 9 2009 Feature
posted 20 May 2008 in Volume 13 Issue 4
The current state of care
The recent report from the Commission for Social Care and Inspection (CSCI) ‘State of Social Care in England 2006/07 has yet again highlighted that our care system is failing. It shows there is an increasingly sharp divide between those in the formal system and those outside it, and more are falling outside it. In many councils, only the most needy are receiving care provided or arranged by their local authority, as 62 per cent of councils raise their eligibility criteria to ‘substantial’ or ‘critical’ denying those with moderate or low care needs.
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