Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Deferred
Unstable adult social care market results from inadequate funding and rising provider costs.
Conclusion
The funding structure for adult social care, rising costs and the inability to make long-term investment, is creating an unstable and unsustainable care market. Providers are making losses, creating inequities by charging more to self-funders or even planning to close entirely. The Government has not properly considered either the immediate or long-term impact of Budget measures, such as Employer National Insurance Contributions and the National Living Wage, on care providers’ staffing costs. (Conclusion, Paragraph 73)
Government Response Summary
The government notes it annually reviews capital limits and social care allowances, but largely defers to the independent Casey Commission, which has a broad remit to examine the long-term transformation of adult social care and make recommendations on the charging system.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
DHSC has heard from many families who have been impacted by high and unpredictable care costs, and we recognise their frustration at the situation in which they find themselves. The government reviews the capital limits on an annual basis, alongside the social care allowances. Baroness Casey is tasked with looking at the long-term transformation of adult social care and has been given a broad remit to make any recommendations for the charging system, as the commission sees fit.