Adult social care: why it has even lower public satisfaction than the NHS

Adult social care: why it has even lower public satisfaction than the NHS In March, a witness told the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee that he avoided contacting his local authority because he feared it would be used as an excuse to reduce the amount of social care support he receives. Andy McCabe, who has spinal muscular atrophy, said: ‘When I contact social care because I need a review, advice or support, I always have a worry, a concern and fear that my budget will be cut. Just by contacting them, and them getting more involved in my life, suddenly things might start getting pulled away.’ The King's Fund