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Recommendation 24

Second Report - Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care Published 8 Jun 2021 Paragraph 163 Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
The absence of a People Plan for social care serves only to widen the disparity in recognition and support for the social care components of health and social care. The Government should rectify this as a matter of urgency in their upcoming work to reform the social care sector; and it is essential that it is included in the social care reforms promised this year. The adult social care workforce has stepped up to the plate during the pandemic. They deserve the same care and attention that the People Plan pledges to NHS colleagues.

From: Health and Social Care Committee, Second Report - Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care (HC 22), paragraph 163, 8 June 2021

Government response

The government responded to the whole report on 17 February 2022 (deadline 8 August 2021).

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The document is the government's response, published on 15 February 2022 by the Department of Health and Social Care, to the Health and Social Care Committee's report on workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care; the page itself does not set out the government's position.

  • The response is a 36-page document (Command Paper CP 620), available in HTML and PDF formats, and it applies to England.
  • The Committee's report was published on 8 June 2021, and the government's response followed on 15 February 2022.
  • The web page provided contains no text on which recommendations the government accepts or declines, or on any commitments; readers need the full response document for those.

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