Recent Assessments of Adult Social Care in England (House of Commons Library / BBC News / Health Foundation)

Summary

BBC News has recently run a mini-series of pieces investigating the state of social care and the inter-dependencies between performance in this sector and ongoing pressures within the NHS.

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Reference

Triggle, N. (2017). 10 charts that show what’s gone wrong with social care. London: BBC Health News, February 24^th 2017.

Funding of Adult Social Care

A recent House of Commons Library briefing paper examines the funding pressures for adult social care services in England and explores the impact of these pressures on social care and health services. The additional funds available through the Social Care Precept, the Better Care Fund and Adult Social Care Support Grant are discussed in the context of the social care funding gap and concerns about the long-term sustainability of social care. Section headings comprise:

• Background.
• Funding pressures.
• Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
• Social Care in Crisis?
• Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2017/2018.
• The future?

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Reference

Adult Social Care Funding (England). London: House of Commons Library, February 20^th 2017. Commons Briefing Paper CBP-7903.

This relates to:

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Reference

Cromarty, H. (2017). Adult Social Care Funding (England). Briefing Paper Number CBP07903. London: House of Commons Library, February 20^th 2017.

Estimated Size of Gap in Adult Social Care Funding in England

A Health Foundation briefing estimates the gap in adult social care funding for England to be at least £2 billion in 2017/18, and proposes that significant additional funding is required to ensure provision of adequate support for vulnerable people and to protect the NHS from knock-on inefficiencies.

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Reference

Charlesworth, A. Firth, Z. [and] Fisher, R. [et al] (2017). The social care funding gap: implications for local health care reform. London: Health Foundation, March 2017.

March 2017 Budget Update

An assessment of the likely impact of the £2 billion rescue package for social care in England:

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Reference

Triggle, N. (2017). Will the Budget help ailing grandparents? London: BBC Health News, March 8^th 2017.