‘Today’s Queen’s Speech trails a social care bill. The new legislation will implement the prime minister’s recent party conference pledge of free personal care for those older people with the greatest needs. Still to come is a much broader strategy to support older people to stay in their own home through preventative, personalised care and support. July’s green paper proposed the creation of a national care service to take this forward.”
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Stephen Burke, Guardian.co.uk, 17 November 2009
