Start Planning For Care Costs Now

Personal Law Solicitor  Kelly Edmundson looks at the governments plans for social care and gives advice on planning for care costs.

It is arguable that the Government's long-awaited plans for a much-needed overhaul of social care were not worth the wait.

The White Paper on social care in England and the new cap on care fees is a step in the right direction to change to our broken system. However, it is unlikely to save many people any money and does nothing to alleviate the immediate crisis facing social care.

There may be a positive difference for a very limited number of people but certainly not poorer pensioners.

The Government published its  White Paper on Social Care in December, which followed the Prime Minister's previous announcement that a new social care cap would be implemented from 2023 and no one in England would pay more than £86,000 in care fees during their lifetime.