Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 2
Third Report - Social care: funding and workforce
Published 22 Oct 2020
Paragraph 32
Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
It is clear from the evidence we have heard that funding shortfalls are having a serious negative impact on the lives of those who use the social care system, as well impacting the pay levels of the workforce and threatening the sustainability of the care market. An immediate funding increase is needed to avoid the risk of market collapse caused by providers withdrawing from offering services to council-funded clients and focusing exclusively on the self-pay market.
From: Health and Social Care Committee, Third Report - Social care: funding and workforce (HC 206), paragraph 32, 22 October 2020
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 17 February 2021 (deadline 22 December 2020).