The UK care system is failing all of us | The New Statesman podcast

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Each one of us in the UK is likely to require care or become a carer at some point in our lives. But the UK’s social care system is failing all of us.
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Women have a 50:50 chance of caring by the time they are 46 and men by the time they reach the age of 57. Budget cuts and lack of resources is making caring harder.
Rachel Cunliffe, associate political editor of The New Statesman, is joined by Jess Prestidge from the Centre for Social Justice, and former BBC correspondent and family carer Humphrey Hawksley.
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@JamieMatthews-ld3kv 2 ай бұрын

Here's an idea instead of raising the carers allowance income limit to just £250 a week raise it to £300-350 a week, that means some carers will be able to work and earn enough to contribute taxes which on top of making their lives better will save everyone else money in taxes.

@fionaholland9191 2 ай бұрын

Looking after mt parents cost me about 25k in lost income over 4 years. That was not only income I had to live without but also pension contributions I couldnt make. At the very least the government could give carers contributions to a pension scheme so they don't have to worry about their future.

@lindaj5492 2 ай бұрын

See the WHO and EU report: “Partnering with the EU to strengthen long-term care systems”. We’re on our own with this 🙄

@lindaj5492 2 ай бұрын

Our political system has changed radically since the days of Bevin. You still assume in this video that the state should and will fund both health and social care according to need. That ideal went out the window many decades ago; and successive governments have been dismantling those systems to privatise them, under our noses. ‘How to boil a frog’ = slowly heat the water so it doesn’t notice until it’s too late and it can’t jump out.

@Nic01a Ай бұрын

My mum with cancer came home with a stoma and a catheter. She was unable to peform daily tasks for herself or get out of bed. I was in my early 20s, and i had to communicate with her as to how i can help. I had no idea what i was doing. She was in and out of confusion due to medication. I didnt know where to go for practical help. We didn't need cash, we needed support

@tonysanders536 2 ай бұрын

Great that you are talking about this. However as a carer I see the problem to come for me when I need help. as a boomer I know there will be millions of us however we often have only one child who may or may not be able to care for me. Multiply that by the millions who will need care and the cost in 10-20 years will be beyond comprehension.

@lindaj5492 2 ай бұрын

I think China is facing a similar problem: one child policy wasn’t thought through.

@siep6922 2 ай бұрын

We need well regulated, de-institutionalised homes staffed and managed by professional, well paid carers, provided free of charge by the NHS. NB: the argument that this costs too much is nonsensical. Money paid to NHS staff does not disappear from the economy!

@catherinemartin6258 2 ай бұрын

It’s an absolute joke the care system.

@CaringMind Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, will share it with other carers

@running4fun863 Ай бұрын

Use the saved money to support care for the patient. Support the nurses and encourage training at these levels.

@running4fun863 Ай бұрын

It’s falling because people that do the hard work get paid very low income whilst the seniors managers anyone from 8b onwards get paid ridiculous salaries and have a job for life, even though they are not performing. They just get moved to NHS England. All these failed directors , all the levels of management are a waste of money .what do they do apart from attend endless meetings and suck up to each other. The Finance department , the operations department they should all be reviewed not by KPMG or Kingsley or any outside agent but based on performance. Trust me the amount of money you will save will be in hundreds of thousands. The doctors, nurses and lower grades employees run the NHS and get paid nothing. The people that sit the whole day get paid a lot for doing nothing. The public should ask for a review. After all it’s is public funding the supports the NHS

@finianlacy8827 2 ай бұрын

BENEFIT FROM IT..WHO ASKED FOR THIS ARCHAIC PROCEDURE IN THE FIRST PLACE ANYWAY !!

@ericajohnson3504 2 ай бұрын

I know it will mean a vast cost to the Government in money to the NHS, but the care system being part of Local Government is not working. It is taking up so much of their budgets (60%) that they can't afford to provide other services that people pay for in their rates and many councils are going bankrupt.

@mauricetucker8754 2 ай бұрын

Sold off

@jdjones4825 2 ай бұрын

1:58 have your son who needs help at home with you, ffs . Dad..

@odeode4338 2 ай бұрын

You can’t start your arguments with your son being alive because of higher survival rate and then say he would have had a home in victorian times. No, in these times your son would not be alive. That being said, this really needs to improve. It can’t be that unpaid family careers pick up the work because the right care is not available. Even worse that those who become carers will have a detrimental effect on their lives as health or poverty risks.

@aurelius5961 2 ай бұрын

Creating specialized insurance structures around the well built financial system. Trying a more Singapore approach.

@StratsRUs 2 ай бұрын

Yaah

@Talentedtadpole 2 ай бұрын

Without watching I am going to assume that younger disabled people both able to work and not are excluded from this analysis, a routinely invisible and disregarded group whose human rights are breached as standard. This is a disgrace and NS has long been at fault over this. This lack of awareness, intelligence and humanity has been having a negative effect on all. Sort youselves out.

@ay2deet578 2 ай бұрын

If you have ever voted Conservative you should be banned from any assistance to do with care

@jdjones4825 2 ай бұрын

👊👍

@jonathanfarnworth9070 2 ай бұрын

First comment!

@philright8197 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t hear anywhere in this discussion of how much it would cost to fix these deficiencies. You talk about the tax lost to the treasury when people don’t work because they are looking after someone, but you haven’t said how much it would cost the treasury to provide the support to allow a carer to go back to work.

@firefalcon124epic 2 ай бұрын

This is because this New Statesman's podcast has a bad habit, quite visible as well in its coverage of Labour policies, to ignore critical information like this: how much would a policy cost and who ought to pay for it? Can't start talking about anything which may lead to the notion of the rich paying more tax now, can we?

@proximacentaur1654 2 ай бұрын

@@firefalcon124epic TBH its more interesting to hear the extent of the issue and the policy ideas being set out at this time. Given the monumental political blind spot around social care its good to hear the research data and ideas. Some radical change is necessary.

@rogerpitcher2636 2 ай бұрын

I am sorry, but you all come across as as entitled bleeding hearts.

@jtrevm 2 ай бұрын

I - like another 500,000 people in the UK have epilepsy. Serious for me - not all. My partner cares fulltime and we have chosen no job - just one income and no State support. We have been truly fortunate. Had to move a couple of times - again this year because my pension won't keep the house going. I'm tired but we try. No bleeding hearts. I hope you don't get into a similar medical mess. It happens to all - I cannot contemplate a care home. I want to die at home.

@lindaj5492 2 ай бұрын

@@jtrevmSorry to hear of your condition. Just wondering if you & partner have a plan B in case they can no longer care for you, or need care for their self?

@proximacentaur1654 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting everyone know.

@jtrevm 2 ай бұрын

@@lindaj5492 No plan B's. We seem to navigate what comes. Planning isn't possible. Commonsense, adaptability, and amazing grace are the hallmarks. Always questions of course as / if you think of the future. But we live for the day we have. Thank you for your question. That's care....

@dreamcrusher112 2 ай бұрын

You turn off because they speak clearly and have an education? They are pushing on behalf of a group who are not politically active at all.