Recommendation 25

HM Government · verbatim extract Not Addressed

Different specialist housing types, such as independent living, sheltered housing that provides an element of care, through to care homes, housing for older people, or those with a disability, may fall into either the C2 residential institution or C3 dwelling house use class, or in some cases it may be classed as sui generis (a class of its own). This provides flexibility to accommodate a wide range of housing and care models for older people and those people with a disability. While there are currently no plans for reform, the new Older People’s Housing Task Force (described above) will provide an opportunity to consider detailed evidence of the operation of the planning system in supporting housing for older people and whether any changes are required, including in respect of use classes. Government response 27 Workforce Conclusion 26 – 10-year strategy for ASC workforce Conclusion 26 - The Minister for Care and Mental Health asserted that the chapter on the workforce in the People at the Heart of Care White Paper is the Government’s social care workforce strategy, but the number of further calls for a social care workforce strategy that have been made since the White Paper’s publication clearly indicates that the contents of that chapter do not amount to a strategy, or are not what the sector expected to see from one.