Cost of Dilnot ‘miscalculated’

The projected £2.5bn annual cost of implementing the Dilnot fee cap has been underestimated by the treasury by around £150m a year according to consultancy Candesic.Managing partner and founder of Candesic, Leonid Shapiro, told delegates at LaingBuisson’s Social Care Forum last month that he believed that the final cost predicted by the government is wrong….