The Green Paper: Department of Health (2009) Shaping the Future of Care Together (Cm 7673)London: TSO.

This came out yesterday and is another stage of trying to convince the public that something must be done. There’s a consulatation with a multicoloured logo called ‘the big care debate’

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_102338

The Care Support Independence website which covers these issues. there is a video (which I haven’t seen because it doesn’t work) and all sorts of consultation things on what ‘the Big Care debate’, including a blog called ‘understanding the need for change’, on which you can respond to what they’re saying.

http://careandsupport.direct.gov.uk/

There’s also quite a nice website on the history of different forms of care – good for students:
http://careandsupport.direct.gov.uk/homepage/history/early-forms-of-care/

When I’ve absorbed all this, I’ll do a resource document, and also a document on the press response.