Free care for the elderly
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Introduction The policy of free personal care for the elderly in Scotland was implemented in July 2002. Work on the costings of the exercise had been undertaken by the Care Development Group (CDG), a group established by the Minister for Health and Community Care, and chaired by Malcolm Chisholm. Research to assist in the costings was specially commissioned and the research papers were published by the Scottish Executive Central Research Unit: (CRU, 2001). The CDG’s main conclusion with regard to costs was that the initial cost of the policy would be £125 million, rising to £142 million by year 3. (CDG, 2001)
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