A Budget To Save Social Care

Care England, the largest representative body for independent providers of adult social care, has called upon the Chancellor to ensure that the 2018 Budget places the social care sector on a more secure footing, mirroring to some degree the approach afforded to the NHS, as part of a whole system response to meet the health and care needs of vulnerable people across every constituency.

Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive of Care England says:

“Care England’s data analysis, to be released shortly, paints a gloomy picture of a sector struggling to meet increasing numbers and complexity of need set against constraints on commissioning budgets, with areas dominated by public pay residents fairing the worse.  It is evident that short term additional resources are needed urgently in order to stabilise the market.  This investment will in turn bring great benefit not only to those in receipt of services, but also to the local economy in terms of jobs, career opportunities and to the wider community in terms of sustaining resilience and independence of individuals”.

In its Budget submission Care England highlighted a number of points including the need to insure that social care is protected and sustainable, addressing recruitment and retention issues and making new provisions for VAT categorisation.