Liz Kendall responds to the publication of the Government’s Adult Social Care Winter plan

Liz Kendall MP, Labour’s Shadow Social Care Minister, responding to the publication of the Government’s Adult Social Care Winter plan, said:

“Calling this a social care winter plan beggars belief. There is no extra support, and precious little detail on how the Government intend to address overwhelming staff shortages, local authority services being pushed to breaking point, and more and more people going without the care they need.

“There’s no new long-term funding, no detailed plan to transform the pay, training and terms and conditions of staff, no new support for councils to deliver care, and nothing to support the unpaid family carers, who put their own health to one side to look after their loved ones. And crucially, there is nothing on how Ministers plan to turbocharge the faltering booster jab rollout to care home residents, with some parts of the country seeing less than 1 in 4 residents getting their booster jab.

“This should have been an opportunity for Ministers to set out their detailed plans for supporting social care during this crucial time. Instead, we’ve just got more empty words from a Government that has failed to deliver on its promises time and time again.”