Sector leaders have urged the government to “change course on social care” after it cancelled the cap on care costs and a planned increase to workforce training funding.
In an open letter to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting, more than 30 leaders said the decisions had “raised alarm bells” for those working in, and receiving, social care.
And in a reference to the pay settlements granted to public sector staff outside of the sector, they said these were “a bitter pill for social care in a climate where other public services and their workforces are finally having their contribution recognised”.
The letter was signed by the heads of seven of the major umbrella bodies for care providers and the head of the Social Care Institute for Excellence.
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