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News Care leaders pen joint letter to Secretary of State
Care leaders have written a joint open letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
The letter to Wes Streeting has been sent with the intention of registering concerns with the new government’s decisions on adult social care, including the scrapping of funding that had been set aside for the training and upskilling of social care workers. Signatories – which number over 30 – include Professor Vic Rayner OBE, CEO, National Care Forum, Professor Martin Green OBE, chief executive, Care England, Karolina Gerlich, CEO, The Care Workers’ Charity, Kathryn Smith, chief executive, Social Care Institute for Excellence, and Paul Tennant, chief executive, Abbeyfield Living Society. Excerpts from the letter include: “The last few days have raised alarm bells for those working in adult social care and those drawing on care and support services. “Significant delays by the previous
government left social care vulnerable to cuts because programmes were not nailed down. We urge this government not to continue that pattern.
“Future commitments must be steeped in an understanding of the importance of valuing and respecting those whose everyday lives depend on social care delivery and employment. For millions of people, social care has the power to transform everyday life. Cutting these vital programmes has not only
a material impact on all of their lives, but the lives of loved ones, friends, and families. “We now need to see positive action on social care. There is time, political capital, and expertise of a united social care sector to make this happen. We urge the government to change course and stand ready to help you transform social care for the millions working in it and most vitally relying upon it.” NCF CEO Vic Rayner OBE said: “This letter
demonstrates the sector’s willingness to work with the government to find creative and feasible solutions to the entrenched issues social care faces.
“It acts as a clarion call to the government
to put social care front and centre of its agenda. The decisions made by the government this week will affect the huge number of people drawing on care and support and those working across services. We are committed to working with the new government and want this shared message to ensure that priority and focus is given to social care from the outset of this new administration.
“Cross party commitments to social care
need consultation and communication with the sector and leadership from government. Only through collaboration can we learn from the past to shape the workforce of the future.”
Care England reacts to government’s ‘devastating’ social care decisions
Care England’s Professor Martin Green OBE has reacted with disappointment to the news that social care funding reform has been abandoned.
The leading representative body for small,
medium, and large providers in England has also commented on the government’s decision not to move forward with the Adult Social Care Training and Development Fund. Professor Martin Green OBE, chief
executive of Care England, said: “At a time when the government is making huge commitments to public sector pay and increasing budgets in the NHS, social care has been ignored. It is quite clear
has been overlooked. “On top of this devastating news about reform, came another blow to social care, with the news that the government had decided not to develop the Adult Social Care Training and Development Fund. Retention is a key element in resolving our sector’s workforce crisis, so this will have a significant impact.
that the government does not understand the interdependence between health and care. Investment in social care would pay enormous dividends, both in terms of the capacity in the NHS, and also as part of a growth strategy for the economy, yet this too
“Care England stands ready to work with
the new government to deliver a long-term and sustainable future for care, but this must be based on fairness and honesty, rather than short-term promises that are not delivered.”
September 2024
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