........ are demanded by care home operators from residents who pay privately because councils refuse to pay the full costs of looking after those whose bills are met by the taxpayer. We need to get to the bottom of why Councils 'refuse' to pay the full costs? Is it due to the fact that Councils can't afford it? Certainly Northamptonshire County Council is apparently, 'bankrupt'
. I expect that
AgeUK is on to this. How do we find out?
Also: Nursing Care should be free. NHS needs are 'free at the point of delivery'. To everyone. If one goes into an NHS Hospital, 1 doesn't pay extra for anything. One does have Pension stopped after so many weeks which then is paid to the NHS to cover food/drink and laundry, working on the principal that 1 would be paying for that at home.
It's a muddle!