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• Sheila Scott obituary

  02-10-2023 19:49
  
  My mother, Sheila Scott, who has died aged 74, was chief executive of the National Care Association (NCA) for 26 years. She will be remembered for her inspiring leadership at a time of huge growth in the sector as community care was being expanded.In 1987 she was appointed chief executive of the NCA, which represents small and medium-sized providers. She served on several government taskforces, including one that oversaw the implementation of the 1993 community care reforms to move people out of
  
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• Calls for a big increase in UK spending on preventative policies

  02-10-2023 13:00
  
  Demos says Treasury should create separate spending category to help prioritise measures that prevent problems before they ariseGovernment spending on preventative policies, from vaccines to family hubs, should be significantly increased, and the Treasury should create a accounting category to monitor it, according to a report by the thinktank Demos.“What you measure really matters: that’s how things get prioritised,” said Anita Charlesworth, a co-author and the director of res
  
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