Recommendation 16

We recommend that the impact assessment for any secondary legislation to establish an Adult Social Care Fair Pay Agreement be accompanied by a full quantitative analysis, including the impact on sector productivity, financial costs faced by providers and expected return to the Exchequer (through tax receipts or reduced welfare claims) and the wider economy. We also ask that the Department, in its response to this report, sets out when discussions on the Adult Social Care Fair Pay Agreement will begin and when the agreement will be finalised. (Recommendation, Paragraph 88) 55 The NHS and wider system costs of inaction