Adult Social Care needs immediate funding injection and long-term plan, says Levelling Up Committee

Last week, the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a report in which it calls for the Government to urgently come forward with additional funding this year to help meet immediate pressures in adult social care.

Despite positive stakeholder comments on the Government’s vision for social care and recognising impact on the sector of Covid, the Committee called upon Government to publish a 10-year plan for how the ‘People at the Heart of Care White Paper’ will be achieved, with a clear roadmap with core milestones, outcomes, and measures of success, including references to housing.

With two chapters relating to housing and planning (Chapter 7) and the integration of health, care and housing (Chapter 10), the report makes a number of strategic and technical recommendations as highlighted from the link below.