What principles should underpin the funding of social care? How can
the cost of social care be distributed fairly? Why have successive
governments avoided addressing the problems of delivering social
care?
These are among the questions the House of Lords
Economic Affairs Committee will be asking three witnesses,
including Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair of the Commission on
Funding of Care and Support, on Tuesday 16 October 2018 as part
of its current inquiry into the funding of social care in
England.
At 3.35pm the Committee will question:
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Simon Bottery, Senior Fellow, The King’s
Fund
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Natasha Curry, Senior Fellow, Nuffield
Trust
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Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair, Commission on Funding
of Care and Support (2010–11).
Other questions likely to be covered in this session
are:
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What impact have short to mid-term investments,
such as the Better Care Fund, had on social care in
England?
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Are the recommendations made by the Commission on
Funding of Care and Support still valid?
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How can a sustainable funding model for social
care, supported by a diverse and stable market, be
created?
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Does the current model of responsibility for social
care being devolved locally work, or would a national system
work better?
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The King’s Fund has estimated that 700,000 more
care workers will be needed in the next few years. What can be
done to address the problems in the social care
workforce?
This evidence session will start at
3.35pm on Tuesday 16 October 2018 in Committee Room 1 of the
House of Lords.
