The current political impasse around social care funding is having serious human consequences
The Health Foundation has responded to the annual ADASS Budget Survey 2019 which analyses the state of adult social care finances in England
Social care is the provision of personal care or support to children or adults in need or at risk. This care or support can be both practical and emotional – and the individual’s needs might stem from illness, disability, old age or poverty. Within the UK social care policy is devolved across the four nations.
Whereas the health care system is free at the point of use, in England social care is means-tested, which remains a source of inequity and unfairness. Particularly at a time where social care funding is falling per capita in real terms, reducing the amount and quality of social care that is publicly provided.
An ageing population and increase in the number of younger adults living with disabilities are pushing up the cost of caring for older and disabled people, placing the social care system under huge strain. While all four nations are facing the same demand pressures, the social care system in England needs adequate funding to return to previous levels of access and quality, in addition to the rising demand and costs.
Our research and analysis of social care aims to inform policymaking and ensure the debate is evidence-based and focused on the future.
The Health Foundation has responded to the annual ADASS Budget Survey 2019 which analyses the state of adult social care finances in England
Anita Charlesworth and Toby Watt look at the funding and workforce challenges facing the adult social care system.
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This paper explores the preferences of the general public with regard to the various ways of raising the additional funds needed for health and social care in the UK.
Our response to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee inquiry into the funding challenges of the social care system in England.
Health Foundation response to NHS Digital data on Adult Social Care and Finance Activity
Our submission sets out the key challenges and enablers for health and social care integration.
New report helpfully summarises a whole range of barriers that must be overcome, but the focus needed to overcome these will be extremely difficult to find with the social care system in such a perilo...
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