Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 22
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We welcome the Government’s commitment to “making every decision about care is a decision about...
Conclusion
We welcome the Government’s commitment to “making every decision about care is a decision about housing”, but we are concerned that currently the Government is not putting this into practice. The detail on the housing policies in the People at the Heart of Care White Paper and how their funding will work have not been shared. We welcome the creation within DLUHC of a taskforce for housing for older people, but it is not clear what the read across will be to policies in the People at the Heart of Care White Paper. We are also concerned by an apparent lack of joined-up working both between DHSC and DLUHC—and within DLUHC—on housing, planning, and social care. This is not intended as a criticism of Ministers, but of the siloed working that this suggests both within DLUHC and across DHSC and DLUHC.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government has noted the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendation that care workers’ inclusion on the shortage occupation list should not automatically expire after 12 months and commissioned the MAC to review the SOL.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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The government agrees that ensuring there is holistic care that fits around people’s needs includes ensuring that people receive the right care and support, and can maintain healthy independent living, beginning with where they live, and the people they live with. Getting these housing arrangements right for individuals and communities is one example that requires the joining up of not just health and care partners, but a wider set of local government functions and housing providers. We want people to have choice over their housing arrangements, and we also want to ensure places ‘think housing and community’ when they develop local partnerships and plan and deliver health and care services. We already see an example of this within the devolved Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership where Bury Council brings together the governance of health and social care. This includes pooled budgets, and strategic commissioning across adult social care and health including housing, public health, drug and alcohol services, and children’s social care, allowing for joint workforce planning and commissioning of services to meet needs in a holistic way. We have published guidance on the preparation of integrated care strategies which encourages integrated care partnerships to explore the opportunities by having a joined-up approach to the planning, commissioning and delivery of housing and services related to housing, when setting out how they will meet assessed needs. Our Integrated Care Strategy guidance published in July 2022 sets out that the development of integrated care strategies should explore the opportunities of having a joined-up approach to the planning, commission and delivery of housing and services related to housing, when setting out how they will meet assessed needs set out in joint strategic needs assessments.
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