Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 12
12
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The Government must bring forward a social care reform package, which includes the whole sector,...
Recommendation
The Government must bring forward a social care reform package, which includes the whole sector, in this financial year. There has been a tendency by successive governments to focus on the problem of rising costs of caring for elderly people, particularly in care homes, and the unfairness of being forced to sell family homes to pay for care in later life. While these are key problems for which solutions must be found, the Government’s reform package must be more wide-ranging, and include actions to improve the quality and personalisation of care and support for working age disabled people across all social care settings. It must address workforce issues across the sector, including low pay, poor career progression and high turnover. Its reforms must include a plan to more effectively integrate services and achieve parity of esteem across health and social care as a single system. The vital importance of the whole social care sector and its workforce has never been so apparent; it must now be valued accordingly. (Paragraph 85) Provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
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The government's response discusses optional training for Ministers on communicating with disabled people, completely failing to address the recommendation for a comprehensive social care reform package addressing funding, workforce issues, and integration of services.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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As set out in the Spending Review, the government is committed to the improvement of the adult social care system and will bring forward proposals this year. Our objectives for reform are to enable an affordable, high quality and sustainable adult social care system that meets people’s needs, whilst supporting health and care to join up services around people. DHSC wants to ensure that every person receives the care they need and that it is provided with the dignity they deserve. This is a complex area and a range of options is being considered. DHSC believes that a stable social care provider market and a qualified and committed workforce will be central to their ambitions for raising the quality of, and access to social care. DHSC wants to empower recipients of care, by supporting people to live independently in their own homes and communities, for as long as possible. DHSC also wants to improve the information provided to the public on the social care system, enabling them to plan for their care and make better choices. DHSC has made the commitment that nobody needing care should be forced to sell their home to pay for it. Impacts on Education and Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
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