Charities, unions and campaigners have sent a statement to the government urging it to give people in England, Northern Ireland and Wales free access to both personal and nursing care, as now happens in Scotland.
Signatories to the statement from the Right to Care campaign include Age Concern England, Alzheimer's Society, Arthritis Society, Counsel and Care, NHS Support Federation, Radar, Mencap, Leonard Cheshire, Help the Aged, the Royal College of Nursing and Unison.
Paul Evans, director of the NHS Support Federation, an independent pressure group, said: "Seventy-five per cent of the public are in favour of free nursing and personal care."
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