The government's ambitions for the sector and the challenges
facing adult social care this winter.
Adult social care:
COVID-19 winter plan 2021 to 2022
Details
Building on last year’s adult social care
coronavirus (COVID-19) winter plan 2020 to 2021, this plan
sets out the:
- key elements of national support available for the social
care sector during winter 2021 to 2022
- principal actions that local authorities, NHS organisations and social
care providers across all settings (including those in the
voluntary and community sector) in England should take this
winter
Its aims are to ensure that high-quality, safe and timely care is
provided to everyone who needs it, while we continue to protect
people who need care, their carers and the social care workforce
from COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses.
Each section of the plan sets out our offer of national support
and our expectations for adult social care providers alongside
published guidance.
The plan applies to all settings and contexts in which people
receive adult social care. This includes people’s own homes,
residential care homes and nursing homes, and other community
settings.
Alongside this plan, the Social Care Sector COVID-19 Support
Taskforce’s independent review of the government’s
adult social care: winter plan 2020 to 2021 has been
published.
