A new plan for Healthcare in the Duchy

 Health and social care is an industry within the Duchy of Cornwall is often overlooked. Though the largest industries in Cornwall, such as agriculture and fishing, are also overlooked in favour of the bloated tourism industry, health and social care is one of the largest employers. This important industry is of course expected to grow when taking into account the ageing population of the UK, which consequentially leads to the ever increasing price of this care.

 

With this in mind, Cornwall council and the NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have worked together to build a new sustainability plan for care within the Duchy. This plan aims to solve a number of solutions in regards to development and updating of home-based care. A number of these item are fairly logical and simple in explanation, including “working with” experts and different organisations to both predict the needs and support care services both public and private. In addition to this, funding paid directly to care services by the Council and NHS will increase by 10.4%. These changes, we hope should support this industry, however we must take note of the concern that this will further increase the existing deficit of the Unitary authority within the Duchy. This deficient increase will also most likely see a increase in Council tax prices in the 2024/2025 budget. It is a difficult act to support such an industry, both keeping it affordable, whilst not scuttling the businesses who take up this particular space. 

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