Responding to the Joint Homes, Communities and Local Government
and Health and Social Care Joint Select Committee’s report on
social care funding, Glen Garrod, President of the Association of
Directors of Adult Social Services, said:
“A long-term funding solution for adult social care remains
essential – the pressing need for a funding solution for adult
social care has been thrown into sharp relief after the recent
announcements to find an additional £20 Billion for the NHS.
Without a solution for social care we have an incoherent national
strategy for meeting people's increasingly complex needs and this
is the equivalent of pouring water down the sink with the plug
removed.
“We are pleased to see the Committee highlighted the need for a
long term solution. We fully support the Committee's focus on the
protection of social care in its proposals and emphasis on the
public need to see future funding as equitable, transparent and
fair. We also stand firmly behind the call in this report for
urgent short-term funding. The delay in publication of the social
care Green Paper until Autumn, will leave many social care
departments without the necessary funding to offer as much choice
and control for local residents who need care.
“This important contribution puts on record cross-party support
for a long-term funding solution for adult social care. The
amount of evidence is overwhelming - the case has been made and
it is now critical that the Government make significant progress
in finding a necessary solution for a vital public service.”
