Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 4
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Previous social care reform attempts have failed, eroding the upper threshold and increasing costs.
Conclusion
There have been multiple failed attempts to advance a version of Dilnot’s reforms, during which time more and more people are faced with unknowable social care costs, and inflation has eroded the value of the upper threshold, meaning fewer people benefit from it. We note the establishment of the Casey Commission and hope it succeeds where previous reforms failed. (Conclusion, Paragraph 28)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 9 July 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗