“Significant uplifts are needed in funding for social care in order to meet future demand, let alone address the ever growing rise in current unmet and under met need. "
Responding to Health Foundation analysis outlining the costs involved in different types of action on adult social care, Cllr David Fothergill, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board said:
”This crucial analysis gives a comprehensive view of the funding needed to address the pressures facing social care, the negative consequences this has for people, the workforce and providers.
“Significant uplifts are needed in funding for social care in order to meet future demand, let alone address the ever growing rise in current unmet and under met need. This needs to begin at the Autumn Statement. We support the analysis and urge the Government to closely examine Scenario 4 as part of implementing a fully costed, long-term, sustainable plan to fund social care.”