El Cid   211 #109 Posted September 8, 2021 On 05/09/2021 at 10:01, Anna B said: There is currently a huge crisis in just about every aspect of social care. 40 + years ago  it was all part of the NHS, delivered in house, free at the point of use and worked well. However since huge swathes of it have been privatised under the Tories, it's been getting progressively worse for years and years and is prohibitively expensive to the users.  Now a residential/care home can easily cost more than £1,000 a week It was stated on radio four that the UK now raises the most from taxes in 70 years, so much for the Conservatives favouring low taxes. Still more tax rises on their way. Dishy Rishy has said increases in the corporation tax (CT) rate from 19% to 25% with effect from 1 April 2023. Vote Conservative and get tax increases! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B   1,401 #110 Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Flanker7 said: Thats all in. The dementia care is also included such as it is.  When I first heard of the new proposals the lifetime maximum of £80,000 seemed a good deal . . . however... Now that the dust is beginning to settle and the fine print excludes 'board and lodge' I suspect it won't be worth much. Of course the cost of what the Government will actually pay for is not known and I'm not holding my breath. More smoke and mirrors from the Conservatives. If it doesn't include Bed and Board, you can bet care homes bosses will exploit that little loop hole, and it leaves it open again for them to charge ridiculous amounts for very little. The care aspect is often poor because of understaffing by minimum waged staff, so it leaves me wondering exactly what we will be paying for. I'd like to see a breakdown of costs, but it's never possible to get one.   7 minutes ago, El Cid said: It was stated on radio four that the UK now raises the most from taxes in 70 years, so much for the Conservatives favouring low taxes. Still more tax rises on their way. Dishy Rishy has said increases in the corporation tax (CT) rate from 19% to 25% with effect from 1 April 2023. Vote Conservative and get tax increases! That doesn't surprise me at all. Edited September 8, 2021 by Anna B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B   1,401 #111 Posted September 8, 2021 2 hours ago, crookesey said: My wife’s first cousin who is a resident of North Carolina, along with her American husband have moved into a hotel type care facility, the photos don’t look anything special and the food is poor. The staff are poorly paid Latinos and the annual cost for the pair of them is $60,000. We always copy the American model. Heaven knows why! It has one of the worst systems in the world regarding health and social care for the poorest. The Scandinavians on the other hand do a much better job but we never even hear about them, much less look to how they do it. As El Cid says we pay enough tax one way or another, but it's squandered on vanity projects and out and out corruption. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Magilla   510 #112 Posted September 8, 2021 2 minutes ago, West 77 said: Scotland remained part of the EU with the rest of the UK until the whole of the UK left at the end of January 2020 meaning they stayed in the EU longer than if they had voted for independence in 2014. No promises could be made for Scotland to remain in the EU for ever because Scotland were only ever in the EU as a consequence of being part of the United Kingdom. Promises *were* made and as such circumstances have changed.. as before, sauce for the goose.  Let's not forget that a significant portion of the problems with social care are also a result of Brexit, certainly staffing and funding... it's not all the fault of the pandemic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Anna B   1,401 #113 Posted September 8, 2021 21 minutes ago, Magilla said: Promises *were* made and as such circumstances have changed.. as before, sauce for the goose.  Let's not forget that a significant portion of the problems with social care are also a result of Brexit, certainly staffing and funding... it's not all the fault of the pandemic. The problems with social care pre date Brexit by a mile. They've been gathering pace for 40 years when the system was changed, and much exacerbated by the Tory ethos of 'rolling back the state,' and privatising everything.  Basic health care is going the same way with much of it now outsourced to private companies. Remember when pre election the Tories said 'The NHS is not on the Table'? They lied. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
the_bloke   17 #114 Posted September 8, 2021 https://ics-ceo-recruitment.com/job/chief-executive-of-the-icss-integrated-care-board-south-yorkshire.13877  New job positions in advance of a pot of gold from NI increases? Who knows, but £240k is nice work if you can get it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
melthebell   862 #115 Posted September 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, the_bloke said: https://ics-ceo-recruitment.com/job/chief-executive-of-the-icss-integrated-care-board-south-yorkshire.13877  New job positions in advance of a pot of gold from NI increases? Who knows, but £240k is nice work if you can get it. yup the money will go on the frontline...of course lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Magilla   510 #116 Posted September 8, 2021 31 minutes ago, Anna B said: The problems with social care pre date Brexit by a mile. They've been gathering pace for 40 years when the system was changed, and much exacerbated by the Tory ethos of 'rolling back the state,' and privatising everything. Quite so, but Brexit has certainly exacerbated those problems... in the long run, probably more than the pandemic will. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
El Cid   211 #117 Posted September 8, 2021 59 minutes ago, Magilla said:  Let's not forget that a significant portion of the problems with social care are also a result of Brexit, certainly staffing and funding... it's not all the fault of the pandemic. What happened to that £350 million every week Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
alchresearch   213 #118 Posted September 8, 2021 36 minutes ago, Anna B said: The problems with social care pre date Brexit by a mile. They've been gathering pace for 40 years when the system was changed, and much exacerbated by the Tory ethos of 'rolling back the state,' and privatising everything.  Basic health care is going the same way with much of it now outsourced to private companies. Remember when pre election the Tories said 'The NHS is not on the Table'? They lied. Thank Goodness Labour changed that when they came into power in 2010..........  The thing is, there are some positives to privatisation.  That's why when Labour finally come to power again nothing will change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
L00b   441 #119 Posted September 8, 2021 48 minutes ago, El Cid said: What happened to that £350 million every week It’s busy offsetting the lossy side of the Brexit Profit & Loss account.  That  NI tax hike isn’t getting spent on social care, it’s getting spent on the NHS first, for the next 2-3 years, i.e. until the next GE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Magilla   510 #120 Posted September 8, 2021  29 minutes ago, West 77 said:  That's been swallowed up by the extra funding given to the NHS as a consequence of funding pandemic related expenditure. You should be embarrassed for quoting that figure given the circumstances. Borrowed money on the never never... *that* £350m has been swallowed up, and then some, on customs and border costs alone as a result of Brexit.  It's costing far more per week now, than EU membership ever did... and will do in perpetuity. That's before any economic knock-on is taken into account, and currently they're looking to be considerable.  As before, Brexit won't help the NHS, social care, mental health services or any other problem in the UK...  ...you literally voted to make all of these issues worse, with no concept of what any of it meant from the outset! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...