The Care Development Group
The Care Development Group was set up with the aim of ensuring that older people in Scotland have access to high quality and responsive long-term care, in the appropriate setting, and on a fair and equitable basis.
The members were:
Professor David Bell
Dr Roger Gibbins
Professor Alan Gilloran
Dr Sandra M Grant OBE
Jim Jackson
Alexis Jay
David Kelly
Professor Mary Marshall
Dr Kenneth O'Neill
Professor Alison Petch
Sue Plummer
The remit was as follows:
- To examine existing service provision and to identify gaps, deficiencies and duplication which may require to be addressed
- To bring forward proposals for the implementation of free personal care for all, along with an analysis of the costs and implications of so doing
- To provide a clear definition of what is meant by free personal care
- To examine the current deployment of resources from all funding streams for the care of older people and make any recommendations for change that are thought to be necessary
- To work with the Chief Nursing Officer's Group to develop a person-centred holistic needs assessment process
- To consider the interrelationships with UK matters, notably the tax and social security benefits system and cross border movement
- To bring forward recommendations, together with costs and possible opportunity costs, of providing sustainable changes which will meet current and projected need and likely demand
- To report to the Minister for Health and Community Care by August 2001 with a view to the first stage of implementation beginning in April 2002
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