Not for profit sector must be prepared for individual care budgets, says report
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Written by John Plummer, Third Sector Online, 16 November 2009
A group of leaders from the voluntary and public sectors have called for the creation of a powerful new Cabinet Office unit to oversee the personalisation of public services.
The Government has proposed giving people individual budgets to spend on their care as part of a reform of public services. The move could have huge implications for all service-providing organisations, including charities.
Chief executives body Acevo convened a Commission on Personalisation to consider the way forward. Its interim report, published this week, includes a series of recommendations that it says would lead to a “revolution in public service delivery”………………. http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Channels/Finance/Article/967171/Sector-prepared-individual-care-budgets-says-report/
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