England's care home 'post code lottery' - how does your area compare?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : They must urgently enter cross-party talks on social care to put the sector on a sustainable long-term footing and to ensure everyone gets the care they deserve.'
51% : The Liberal Democrats have called for this 'stark postcode lottery' to be brought to an end and called for the new government to urgently start cross-party talks on social care to put the sector on a long-term sustainable footing and to ensure that everyone gets the care they deserve.
51% : Changes to the draft local government finance settlement included a £700 million uplift in funding for social care and the costs of changes to national insurance.
47% : They must surely realise that you cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care.
46% : However, proposals for the long-term funding and major reform of social care in England may not be delivered until 2028, the year before the next election is due.
44% : He added: 'Even if the money had been there, councils hadn't been prepared to implement it from October 2025.'Questioned on whether reforming social care was now being kicked into the long grass due to a lack of money, Mr Streeting insisted this was not the case.
42% : The Commission will be split over two phases with the first, reporting to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in mid-2026, looking at the issues facing social care and recommending medium-term reforms.
41% : 'The new government's deafening silence on social care has been bitterly disappointing.

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