Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 46
46
Accepted
Staff shortages, the lack of testing, difficulties in obtaining PPE and the design of care...
Conclusion
Staff shortages, the lack of testing, difficulties in obtaining PPE and the design of care settings to enable communal living hampered isolation and infection control and the ability to keep covid at bay. Social care staff in care homes and providing domiciliary care worked under strenuous conditions, at risk to themselves, to provide care to people. (Paragraph 291) Coronavirus: lessons learned to date 131
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledged the impact on the social care sector and highlighted its 'Build Back Better' plan for health and social care, announced in September 2021, which includes a programme of reform, funding proposals, and collaboration with devolved governments.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The government recognises and has responded to the impact of the pandemic on the social care sector. The Prime Minister’s announcement of the ‘Build Back Better’ plan for health and social care in September 20213 set out a clear programme of reform as well as proposals for a sustainable funding model and to bring the social care and health sectors closer together which will strengthen the provision of adult social care services. The plan also made a commitment to close working with the devolved governments, laying the foundations for a programme of joint working for the UK to build back better from the pandemic.
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