The adult social care market in England.
by Great Britain. National Audit Office.
Series: HC ; 1244 (25 March 2021).Publisher: NAO, London: 2021.Description: 65p.ISBN: 9781786043672.Summary: This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health and Social Care’s role in overseeing the market now and in the future, with the aim of offering insights and recommendations ahead of future social care reforms. It finds levels of unpaid care remain high, too many adults have unmet needs and forecasts predict growing demand for care. The lack of a long-term vision for care and short-term funding has hampered local authorities’ ability to innovate and plan for the long term, and constrained investment in accommodation and much-needed workforce development..Subject(s): social care | adults | markets | Department of Health & Social Care | access to information | data collection | accountability | organisational role | personal finance | financing | informal care | local authorities | service planning | workforce | carers | reform | EnglandDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Adult social care funding, provision and reform. [September 2023] | Current and future demands on health & social care [May 2023]
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This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health and Social Care’s role in overseeing the market now and in the future, with the aim of offering insights and recommendations ahead of future social care reforms. It finds levels of unpaid care remain high, too many adults have unmet needs and forecasts predict growing demand for care. The lack of a long-term vision for care and short-term funding has hampered local authorities’ ability to innovate and plan for the long term, and constrained investment in accommodation and much-needed workforce development.
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