Richard Sloggett speaks to the BBC on social care funding and vaccines for children

Richard Sloggett joined the BBC’s Stephen Nolan to discuss the issues of vaccinating 12-15 year olds and Government plans for social care. This follows the publication of a long term social care plan by Future Health and the Alzheimer’s Society and with anticipation that the Government will raise national insurance to pay for social care reform.

The long term plan is here: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-08/stabilise-energise-realise-report.pdf

Richard’s thoughts on the proposals under discussion were also covered in the Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/f8459ea8-cdd0-46fe-8fe5-f70ccc304897

You can listen to the exchanges here. The social care exchange starts at 6 minutes: