New reforms and independent commission to transform social care

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : This includes addressing the growing demand for social care and people's evolving care needs, tackling longstanding workforce challenges, and finding a fair and sustainable way of financing social care.
65% : NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard said:A long-term solution for social care is absolutely critical as we build an NHS that is fit for the future through the 10 Year Health Plan, so we really welcome the additional investment to services as well as the independent commission into social care.
64% : Join up health and care services by:Professionalise the workforce by expanding the national career structure - ensuring that there are recognised career progression and development pathways, learning and development, encouraging people to stay in the care workforce for longer.
63% : We are pleased to see the commitment to both short-term support and long-term reform for adult social care because we need both, and we welcome the focus on the 1.59 million people working in social care.
59% : The investment and reforms we're announcing today will help to modernise social care, get it working more closely with the NHS, and help deliver our Plan for Change.
59% : The framework has been developed collaboratively between the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and local government and will support local systems to deliver integrated health and social care in a way that supports patients and delivers better outcomes.
58% : The commission, which is expected to begin in April 2025, will form a key part of the government's Plan for Change which will turn around health and care services, starting with cutting waiting lists and coupled with reform so they are fit for the future.
56% : Opposition parties have been invited to take part in the commission, with the aim of building a cross-party and national consensus on the responsibilities the state and individuals have for social care, how to meet the rising demands caused by an ageing population, and how best to structure the National Care Service.
55% : Social care has a huge impact on the NHS, with thousands of people in hospitals who are medically fit for discharge the current strain the sector is under has significant consequences for both NHS productivity and performance, so we hope this vital action plan and commitment to create a National Care Service will both help better support people and ease pressure on hospital wards.
55% : Harnessing and scaling innovation will be crucial to navigating the current challenges facing social care as well as future-proofing the system for the long-term.
53% : Reform the Better Care Fund to ensure pooled NHS and local authority funding spent on social care contributes to wider efforts to reduce emergency admissions, delayed discharges and care home admissions.
52% : Past attempts at social care reform have ended up becoming political footballs, so this independent commission is a chance for all parties to work together to deliver the change needed for the millions who currently rely on social care, and all of us who might need it in the future.
50% : Alongside immediate steps to ease pressure on the sector and improve support for care workers, the government is also kickstarting work on the necessary long term reform to overhaul social care and address the inherited challenges it faces.
48% : For example, sensor-based technologies can prevent and reduce the impact of falls, enabling people to live independently for longer and decreasing demand on the NHS and social care.
46% : Baroness Casey today will be appointed as a Government Lead Non-Executive Director (NED), playing a key role in coordinating non-executive directors, setting cross-cutting NED prioritised and supporting the Cabinet Office and other departments to deliver the Plan for Change.
42% : Baroness Louise Casey to chair an independent commission into adult social careThousands more people with disabilities will be supported to remain in their homes thanks to immediate action government is taking to improve adult social care, support the care workforce and take pressure off the NHS, the government has announced today (Friday 3 January).

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