New NHS-Style Social Care System Could Take Decades, Dilnot Warns

A new, NHS-style social care system in the UK could take decades to establish, according to Sir Andrew Dilnot, as reported by the BBC.

Dilnot, who first proposed reforms to the social care system 15 years ago, said the cost of implementing such a scheme would be "very substantial."

His comments underscore the scale of the financial and structural challenge involved in overhauling social care provision to operate on a model comparable to the National Health Service.

The report did not detail a specific government timeline or funding commitment toward implementing the kind of reforms Dilnot has proposed.

Social care reform has remained a long-running policy challenge in the UK, with successive governments considering but not fully implementing large-scale changes to the system.