Recommendation 10

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)