Responding to an NHS Confederation report calling for a comprehensive and funded plan to support social care, Cllr Ian Hudspeth, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said:
“The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the incredibly valuable role of social care in its own right and why it is more important than ever before that we find a long-term and sustainable funding solution, so that people of all ages can live the life they want to lead.
“Social care deserves parity of esteem with the NHS. Every pound invested in council-run services, including social care, helps to relieve pressure on the health service which as this report states is facing a huge backlog of operations.
“We have established our own set of principles, with support from a number of prominent organisations across the health and care sector, to help inform and underpin the Government’s thinking on the future of adult social care in this country.
“The Government and other parties need to begin cross-party talks on the future of adult social care, as soon as possible.”
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