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January 2008 |
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National Care Association signatory to
the 'Putting People First' Social Care Concordat |
NCA was one of the organisations invited by the Department
of Health to be a signatory to the new “Putting People
First” Social Care Concordat launched by the Secretary of
State for Health Alan Johnson on 10 December 2007.
Nadra Ahmed OBE who signed the Concordat on behalf of NCA
said: “On behalf of our members we welcomed the opportunity
to be a signatory to the Concordat. The launch of the
Concordat is a major opportunity to engage all stakeholders
especially service users in both the planning of and the
purchasing of services tailor made to meet their needs.
NCA believes that the biggest challenge emerging from the
Concordat will be to ensure that all older people have equal
access to the proposed new arrangements.”
Mrs. Ahmed went on to say: “NCA will be watching very
closely to be certain that the frailest and most vulnerable
of service users are treated in exactly the same way as all
other older people.”
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