Ros gave a presentation in the House of Commons to the LibDem Parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee outlining the challenges of funding pensions and care for our aging population.
Press Release expressing disappointment that the Queen’s Speech only included a draft social care bill, rather than urgent immediate reform.
Ros wrote for the Guardian website explaining why the proposal from the Centre for Social Justice to just target state social care payments only on the poorest would be wrong – this would be a significant disincentive to save.
Ros explains why Saga endorses calls for urgent reform of social care in an open letter to David Cameron, pleading with him to tackle care reform with the urgency it demands.
Ros endorses comments from the Local Government Association calls for urgent care reform.
Ros gave a presentation at the ADASS Spring Conference outlining the issues for reform of social care.
Ros welcomes Treasury Select Committee report demanding evidence from the Bank of England to justify the effects of its QE policy on pensioners, pension funds and annuities.
Press Release supporting the findings of the Report on Domiciliary Care and calling for improved standards of dignity and decency in UK care provision
Ros supports the need for urgent care reform and urges the Government to take notice of the Care and Support Alliance lobby
Press release following the Health Select Committee report on Social Care, commenting that the Minister for Social Care seems to be in denial about the underfunding in our care system and fails to appreciate some of the potential reforms.