Care & Support Alliance: Select Committee Report Shows It’s Time For Government To Act On Social Care
Care & Support Alliance response to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Social Care Report
"The Health Select Committee's report adds weight to growing evidence from the 60 charities of the Care & Support Alliance that social care funding pressures are leading to a diminished quality of life for disabled adults and older people and increased demand for NHS services.
MPs from all parties share our view with that cutting back on care is not only risking the dignity and independence of older and disabled people, but is ultimately robbing Peter to pay Paul - with the NHS picking up the knock on costs of poor quality care provision, namely distressing and avoidable hospital admissions for the most vulnerable members of society. This cross-party report clearly states that current funding levels are 'not sufficient to maintain adequate levels of services' and at a time when we need extra funding to meet rapidly growing demand, Directors of Social Services say that social care budgets fell by £1 billion last year .
It is time for Government to act to ensure that we have additional funding to tackle the crisis in social care and reform the structure and legal basis of the care system."
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About the Care & Support Alliance
The Care & Support Alliance is a consortium of over 60 organisations that represent and support older people, disabled people and people with long-term health conditions and their families. We are working together to promote urgent reform to tackle the crisis in our care system.
www.careandsupportalliance.org.uk