The two billion pound question: is there an opportunity to move from meeting to managing demand?

The two billion pound question: is there an opportunity to move from meeting to managing demand? It is a year since the 2017 Spring Budget, when Chancellor Philip Hammond announced an additional £2 billion of funding for social care for English councils. With £1 billion of the funding almost spent, and another £1 billion to be invested by March 2020, this report assesses what has been achieved so far and to reflect on how the rest of the funding could best be used.The report argues that, whilst the funding has helped to meet demand within the system through reduced delayed transfers of care, sustainable change is only possible if more of the £2 billion is used to manage demand, not just meet it. iMPOWER