US EditionDoing nothing on social care 'untenable', MPs warn
- MPs warned on 4 May 2025 that doing nothing to reform England’s social care system is untenable amid a growing crisis in care provision.
- This warning follows demographic pressures including longer lifespans, fewer children, and rising old-age dependency stressing taxpayers, the NHS, and local authorities.
- The Health Select Committee report revealed that £32 billion was allocated to adult social care in the 12 months ending March 2024, while approximately two million older adults and 1.5 million individuals of working age are not receiving the care they need.
- Care Minister Stephen Kinnock emphasized that the government has taken swift action on social care, while also recognizing that extensive reforms remain necessary.
- MPs stressed the reforms from the Casey Commission, due by 2028 and later stages possibly to 2036, require a robust financial case and full cost accounting to succeed and avoid growing economic burdens.
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Helen Edward: Britain can’t afford to sideline older workers any longer
Helen Edward recently stood as Parliamentary Candidate for Kingston and Surbiton. She is also Deputy Chair for CWO London and CPF London Ambassador. The House of Lords recently debated ‘Preparing for an Ageing Society, the economic implications of our ageing society’. It was a thoughtful discussion – but tellingly, led entirely by older men. No women. No younger voices. That absence matters. Because what we urgently need is a shift in how we tal…
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UpstractDoing nothing on social care 'untenable', MPs warn
A failure to fix England’s social care system is costing the country in financial and human terms, cross-party MPs have warned.Doing nothing to reform social care for older and disabled adults is an “active” and “untenable” decision, according to a report from Health and Social Care Select Committee.It says successive governments have put too much emphasis on the cost of reforming the system, and future plans will be doomed to fail unless the go…
Evening Standard
perspectivemedia.comMPs warn social care reforms ‘doomed to fail’ without ‘robust financial case’
The report comes just days after the formal launch of the Casey Commission into adult social care.
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